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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Alphabet has 2 senses
- alphabet(n = noun.communication) Array - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language; Array is a kind of script, character set
- alphabet(n = noun.cognition) abc, abc's, abcs, first principle, first rudiment, rudiment - the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry" is a kind of basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentals
has particulars: armenian, armenian alphabet, latin alphabet, roman alphabet, hebraic alphabet, hebrew alphabet, hebrew script, greek alphabet, cyrillic, cyrillic alphabet, arabic alphabet, phonetic alphabet, sound alphabet, finger alphabet, manual alphabet
Derived forms adjective alphabetic1, adjective alphabetical2, adjective alphabetical1, verb alphabetise1, verb alphabetize1, verb alphabetize2
CIDE DICTIONARY
Alphabet, n. [L. alphabetum, fr. Gr. + , the first two Greek letters; Heb. āleph and beth: cf. F. alphabet.].
- The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language. [1913 Webster]
- The simplest rudiments; elements. [1913 Webster]"The very alphabet of our law." [1913 Webster]
Alphabet, v. t.
To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Alphabet, n.
1 the set of letters used in writing a language (the Russian alphabet).
2 a set of symbols or signs representing letters.
1 the set of letters used in writing a language (the Russian alphabet).
2 a set of symbols or signs representing letters.
Etymology
LL alphabetum f. Gk alpha, beta, the first two letters of the alphabet
THESAURUS
Alphabet
IPA, ITA, Initial Teaching Alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet, alphabetics, art, basics, beginning, blueprint, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, commencement, conventional representation, dance notation, delineation, demonstration, depiction, depictment, diagram, drama, drawing, elements, exemplification, figuration, first principles, first steps, fundamentals, futhark, grammar, graphemics, hieroglyphic, hornbook, iconography, ideogram, illustration, imagery, imaging, induction, letter, letters, limning, logogram, logograph, map, musical notation, notation, outlines, outset, paleography, pictogram, picturization, plan, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, primer, principia, principles, printing, projection, realization, rendering, rendition, representation, rudiments, runic alphabet, schema, score, script, start, syllabary, symbol, tablature, writing, writing systemROGET THESAURUS
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Letter
N letter, character, hieroglyphic, type, capitals, digraph, trigraph, ideogram, ideograph, majuscule, minuscule, majuscule, minuscule, alphabet, ABC, abecedary, christcross-row, consonant, vowel, diphthong, triphthong, mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural, syllable, monosyllable, dissyllable, polysyllable, affix, suffix, spelling, orthograph, phonography, phonetic spelling, anagrammatism, metagrammatism, cipher, monogram, anagram, doubleacrostic, literal, alphabetical, abecedarian, syllabic, majuscular, minuscular, uncial.Beginning
N beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation, introduction, alpha, initial, inauguration, debut, le premier pas, embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak, onset, brunt, initiative, move, first move, narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge, fresh start, new departure, origin, source, rise, bud, germ, egg, rudiment, genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy, start, inception, creation, starting point, dawn, evolution, title-page, head, heading, van, caption, fatihah, entrance, entry, inlet, orifice, mouth, chops, lips, porch, portal, portico, propylon, door, gate, gateway, postern, wicket, threshold, vestibule, propylaeum, skirts, border, first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight, rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, ABC, beginning, initial, initiatory, initiative, inceptive, introductory, incipient, proemial, inaugural, inchoate, inchoative, embryonic, rudimental, primogenial, primeval, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, natal, nascent, first, foremost, leading, maiden, begun, just begun, at the beginning, in the beginning first, in the first place, imprimis, first and foremost, in limine, in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy, from the beginning, from its birth, ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine, let's get going!, let's get this show on the road!, up and at 'em!, aller Anfang ist schwer, dimidium facti qui coepit habet, omnium rerum principia parva sunt.
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