alphabet

UK /ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/ US /ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/
noun 5verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

The set of letters used when writing in a language.

The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.

In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.

2

A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)

3

A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)

4

A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.

Let L be a regular language over the alphabet #92;Sigma.

5

An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.

The notes are named with the first seven alphabets.

We realize the fact that the alphabet A has been used in many world scripts as a vowel with the others AEIOU.

verb

1

To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

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