[
US
/ˈæɫfə/
]
[ UK /ˈælfɐ/ ]
[ UK /ˈælfɐ/ ]
NOUN
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the beginning of a series or sequence
the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end - the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
ADJECTIVE
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early testing stage of a software or hardware product
alpha version -
first in order of importance
the alpha male in the group of chimpanzees
the alpha star in a constellation is the brightest or main star
How To Use alpha In A Sentence
- A few alpha particles were deflected from their straight course.
- The same signary was also used in the early historical period to write Greek; by the end of the third century B.C., Greek alphabetic writing had almost completely supplanted the native script.
- the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C.
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- Sure enough, he found her there, looking at the posted casualty reports along with many others, searching the alphabetized lists of KIAs and WIAs.
- Instead of seeing dodgeball as a game where alpha males can relive their schoolyard dominance, they see it as a game for everyone.
- New antioxidants include ferulic acid, idebenone, ubiquinone coenzyme Q10, alpha lipoic acid, and resveratrol and are already making their way into our friendly neighborhood counters. You Being Beautiful
- At first, she did odd things like rearranging her shoes and alphabetizing the books on the bookshelf in her office.
- In other news, MovableType considers capital letters to come before lower case letters when alphabetising things.
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