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alphabetize

[ al-fuh-bi-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

alphabetized, alphabetizing.
  1. to put or arrange in alphabetical order.
  2. to express by or furnish with an alphabet.


alphabetize

/ ˈæəəˌٲɪ /

verb

  1. to arrange in conventional alphabetical order
  2. to express by an alphabet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ󲹲پˈپDz, noun
  • ˈ󲹲ˌ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·····پDz [al-f, uh, -bet-, uh, -, zey, -sh, uh, n, -bi-t, uh, -], noun
  • p··e noun
  • ·p·· verb (used with object) misalphabetized misalphabetizing
  • ܲ·p·· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of alphabetize1

First recorded in 1865–70; alphabet + -ize
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Example Sentences

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With her latest book, she took 10 years of her diaries and alphabetized them by the first letter of the first word of each sentence, then cut the book down into the volume published.

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Bella, 15, arrived with a stack of notebooks alphabetized by subject, pencils sorted by color and a binder that read: “High school — magical years!”

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A local mortuary working with the county took possession of the other four bodies and the cremated remains and has since sorted and alphabetized the cremated remains.

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“It’s hard to see your ignorance alphabetized,” he said.

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Her spices were alphabetized, her cutlery all had to face the same direction in the drawer and her chocolate chip cookies were somehow all identical.

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