alphabet
72
1.0
- noun
- /ˈælfəˌbɛt/
:
alfabeto
- Toddlers, for example, learn the letters of the alphabet through the familiar "Alphabet Song."
- letters of the alphabet
- learn the alphabet
- write the alphabet
The letters on its dial belong to one of the alphabets of Toon.
- The letters on its dial belong to one of the alphabets of Toon.
- No, burger isn't earlier than beer in the alphabet, it's later than beer.
- What is this AC in ASCII in the Latin alphabet, or is this AC in Cyrillic?
- And people often wonder why we as blind people don't just read the alphabet, but tactile.
- Teach one kid the full alphabet, Teach another kid only half of the alphabet.
- And those are letters in the English alphabet.
- Fill in the three letter alphabet soup, EPAFDASECTSA God knows what.
Examples
-
"E" is the fifth letter of the alphabet.
-
When I have learned all the letters of the alphabet, I read this: "Congratulations!"
Academic text (1996) -
All knowledge of the English language and the English alphabet has been lost.
-
It's just an alphabet with two values in it.
-
I already know the alphabet.
-
I began my studies by tracing the letters of the alphabet with my fingers.
Fiction book (1997) -
Without proficient knowledge of the alphabet, students may omit letters or struggle with writing tasks.
Academic text (2015) -
Recite the alphabet.
-
"A" is the first letter of the alphabet.
-
Children learn to write by practicing the alphabet every day.
Synonyms
7
1.0
The basic letters of a language in their usual order
2
1.0
The set of letters used for reading and writing, taught to children
The set of letters children learn to read and spell
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.9
A set of symbols that each show one speech sound and how words are said
- Slur
A joking or critical phrase that says LGBT people secretly control media and politics
A set of letters used to write Hebrew and related languages like Yiddish and Ladino
- Specialized
A set of letters that show speech sounds like the International Phonetic Alphabet
How Complex
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
2
3.5
72
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alphabet comes from the names of the first two Greek letters, alpha and beta, because these letter lists used to be called by their first names. So alphabet means the ordered set of letters we use to write a language.