Definition of "alphabet"

alphabet

/ˈæl.fə.bɛt/

noun
plural alphabets
1. The set of letters used when writing in a language.
2. A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
  1. A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
3. (computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
4. (India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
  Quotations
  We realize the fact that the alphabet A has been used in many world scripts as a vowel with the others AEIOU.
  2002, Eugene E. Dike, African myth of creation in African form of writing, Monsenstein und Vannerdat, page 30
  There are 26 alphabets in English.
  2005, Satinder Bal Gupta, Comprehensive Discrete Mathematics & Structures, Laxmi Publications, page 237
5. The simplest rudiments; elements.
  Quotations
  The very alphabet of our law.
  1828, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “The Constitutional History of England: From the Accession of Henry VII, to the Death of George II, by Henry Hallam”, in The Edinburgh Review, volume 18
6. (Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
verb
third-person singular simple present alphabets, present participle alphabeting, simple past and past participle alphabeted
1. (rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

Definition of "alphabet"

alphabet

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