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      alphabet
      noun
      The set of letters used when writing in a language.
      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.)
      A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
      (India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
      The simplest rudiments; elements.
      (computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
      (Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
      verb
      (rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
      Roots
      alphaalpha- · Greek · first letterbeth-bet · Phoenician · house
      Synonyms for alphabet
      rudimentsnfutharksyllabarynlettersnlogogramn
      Words related to alphabet
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      Where does alphabet come from?

      The word alphabet breaks down into 2 roots of Greek and Phoenician origin: alpha-, from Greek alpha (“first letter”); and -bet, from Phoenician beth (“house”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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