alphabet
noun /ˈælfəbet/
/ˈælfəbet/
- a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order used for writing a language
- the letters of the alphabet
- the Hebrew/Cyrillic alphabet
- Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Arabic
- Cyrillic
- Greek
- …
- know
- learn
- recite
- …
- in the alphabet
- the letters of the alphabet
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from late Latin alphabetum, from Greek alpha, bēta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.