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/ˌæɫfəˈbɛtɪk/
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[ UK /ˌælfəbˈɛtɪk/ ]
[ UK /ˌælfəbˈɛtɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet
alphabetical writing system -
arranged in order according to the alphabet
dictionaries list words in alphabetical order
an alphabetic arrangement
How To Use alphabetic In A Sentence
- 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.
- Rather than an alphabetical sequence of topics, for each country the contents are organized into chapters that address 13 basic issues, ranging from basic sexological perspectives to sexual dysfunctions.
- Nahuatl terms written in alphabetical characters accompany the multitude of indigenous persons, places, and things listed and depicted in the codex.
- Over 70 genealogical charts precede the alphabetical listing of biographees.
- Top offending foods identified were, in alphabetical order, barley, beef, chicken, lamb, potato, rice, soya and wheat.
- Having a surname like mine meant that I was second of the year on the alphabetical list. Fools Rush In - A Call to Christian Clowning
- The books with the same number of mentions are listed in alphabetical order and are as follows. The ULTIMATE (and somewhat bloated) Best Of 2008 List: Recap & Conclusion
- The Brahmi numerals came from an earlier alphabetic numeral system, possibly due to Panini.
- David Copperfield's lament is given here with my further typographical highlights on the kinds of anaphoric returns and alphabetic reversals by which Gass is intrigued: From Notes on 'Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian'