alphabet
noun
1. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
Definition categories: communication, script
2. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
Similar word(s): rudiments
Definition categories: thought, basics, bedrock, fundamentals
Sentences with alphabet as a noun:
- The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.
- In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.
- Let be a regular language over the alphabet .
verb
1. To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.