alphabetical
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- adjective
- /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/
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alfabético
- alphabetical index
Because the individual alphabetical letter does not contain meaning, I wonder the letter A.
- Because the individual alphabetical letter does not contain meaning, I wonder the letter A.
Examples
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The order of authorship is alphabetical; each author contributed substantially to the article.
Academic text (2000) -
Unlike most name lists (phone book, convention index, etc.), these are not alphabetical by last name.
Blog text (32) -
An alphabetical textual index is a familiar method of structuring information that is especially useful when the user requires direct access to a particular topic.
Academic text (1990) -
First, students reinforce music reading through labeling notes by their actual alphabetical (fixed) names.
Academic text (2003) -
Furthermore, once students establish a conceptual framework of alphabetical note-recognition and numeric pitch-function skills, they can transfer over to solfège syllables without too much trouble.
Academic text (2003) -
The librarian organized all the books in alphabetical order to help patrons find what they needed more easily.
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For the project, we created an alphabetical list of all the countries in the world.
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The teacher asked the students to arrange their vocabulary words in alphabetical order before the test.
Synonyms
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Relating to a way of writing that uses letters
Put in order from A to Z
Arranged in alphabetical order to help children learn letters
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Alphabetical comes from alphabet, which itself comes from the Greek names alpha and beta, the first two letters. So alphabetical can mean 'relating to a writing system made of letters', like English or Spanish.