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alphabetized

alphabetized

3.3
Put in order from A to Z
  • adjective
  • /ˈæl.fə.bə.taɪzd/
  • US
translation icon : alfabetizado
  • For the presentation, she prepared an alphabetized list of all the participants.

Examples

  • The librarian arranged the books on the shelf in an alphabetized order for easy access.

  • The menu was alphabetized, making it simpler for customers to find their favorite dishes.

  • So it was like this is sort of a scaled down, chronic, not chronic, alphabetized, organized way of exploring those things.

Synonyms

alphabetical
vsalphabetized
19 2.4

Arranged in the order of letters in the alphabet

has the same arranged-by-letters meaning but often appears as a past participle form
alphabetic
vsalphabetized
1 3.0

Arranged in the order of letters, like A then B then C

focuses specifically on items being arranged in letter order rather than on relation
abecedarian
vsalphabetized
9.9

Arranged in alphabetical order to help children learn letters

is used more generally for any items put in letter order, not only for learners

Antonyms

disorganized
  • US
38 3.1

Not in a clear order or plan

unordered
1 4.1

Not in any clear order

How Alphabetical

alphabetized
  • US
3.3

Surface Forms

alphabetized positive

Morphology

alphabetized = alphabetize (transparent) = alphabet + ize + ed

Formed by productive suffixation: alphabet + -ize -> alphabetize, then -ed creates the adjectival/past participle form; meaning is predictable from the base.

Etymology

Alphabetized comes from alphabet, a word made from the names of the first two letters alpha and beta, and an alphabet is a set of letters in a fixed order. So to alphabetize is to put things in the order of the letters, and alphabetized means 'arranged in alphabetical order'.