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alphabetize

English

Alternative forms

  • alphabetise (mainly, British)

Etymology

From alphabet(ical) +? -ize.

Pronunciation

Verb

alphabetize (third-person singular simple present alphabetizes, present participle alphabetizing, simple past and past participle alphabetized)

  1. (US, Canada) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
    It was almost impossible to locate specific books in the library until we had alphabetized them by the authors' surnames.

Derived terms

  • misalphabetized
  • unalphabetized

Translations

See also

  • alphabetic
  • alphabetical order

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alphabetical

English

Etymology

From alphabetic +? -al.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?æl.f??b?t.?.k?l/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?ælf??b?t?k?l/
  • Hyphenation: al?pha?bet?ic?al

Adjective

alphabetical (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
  2. According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
  3. (obsolete) literal

Derived terms

  • alphabetical order
  • alphabetically

Related terms

  • alphabet
  • alphabetize

Translations

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