alphabetical

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UK /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/ US /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/

adj 3noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

basic, last, listed

The names in the directory are arranged in alphabetical order, with the basic entries listed first.

VERB + ALPHABETICAL

appears, books, files, kept, list, names, part, placed

The library keeps all its files in alphabetical order by author's last name.

ALPHABETICAL + NOUN

language, mafia

The files were organized in alphabetical order by language to help researchers find documents more easily.

PREP.

in, into

The teacher asked us to arrange all the library books in alphabetical order by author.

Definitions

adj

Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.

Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.

According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

All names were placed into an alphabetical list.

literal

But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out,

noun

Ellipsis of alphabetical jigsaw.

We used to publish two, or sometimes three, alphabeticals a year and I am proposing to resume the same sort of frequency.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — arranged in order according to the alphabet

alphabetic

adjective — relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an al

alphabetic

Antonyms

analphabetic

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.

Wiktionary

All names were placed into an alphabetical list.

Wiktionary

But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out,

Wiktionary

We used to publish two, or sometimes three, alphabeticals a year and I am proposing to resume the same sort of frequency.

Wiktionary

The clinical records in most hospitals are kept in alphabetical order.

Tatoeba · #41166

All the names are listed in alphabetical order.

Tatoeba · #322934

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, alphabetical is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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