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alphabet
[ al-fuh-bet, -bit ]
noun
- the letters of a language in their customary order.
- any system of characters or signs with which a language is written:
the Greek alphabet.
- any system of characters or signs used to represent the sounds of a language:
the phonetic alphabet.
- first elements; basic facts; simplest rudiments:
the alphabet of genetics.
- the alphabet, a system of writing, developed in the ancient Middle East and transmitted from the northwest Semites to the Greeks, in which each symbol ideally represents one sound unit in the spoken language, and from which most alphabetic scripts are derived.
alphabet
/ ˈæ±ô´Úəˌ²úÉ›³Ù /
noun
- a set of letters or other signs used in a writing system, usually arranged in a fixed order, each letter or sign being used to represent one or sometimes more than one phoneme in the language being transcribed
- any set of symbols or characters, esp one representing sounds of speech
- basic principles or rudiments, as of a subject
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è°ù±ð·²¹±ôp³ó²¹Â·²ú±ð³Ù adjective noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of alphabet1
Example Sentences
Spiderman toys and letters of the alphabet are scattered among broken chairs, tables and garden slides at the remains of this preschool destroyed by the huge earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday.
If plan A doesn't work, the alphabet has 25 more letters.
Kim Hyeong-bae, a senior researcher, inspects a relief sculpture of the book of the Korean alphabet in its original form displayed inside the institute.
Since the Met Office started naming storms in 2015 the most active season was in 2023/24 with 12, when we reached the letter L - for Lilian - in the alphabet of named storms.
And, the alphabet agencies, as the DOD official stressed, want to make sure that people do not panic.
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