alphabeticaladjective
uk/ˌæl.fəˈbet.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌæl.fəˈbet̬.ɪ.kəl/also alphabetic, uk/ˌæl.fəˈbet.ɪk/usB2 arranged in the same order as the letters of the alphabet:
an alphabetical list
The names are published in alphabetical order.
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- His books are neatly arranged in alphabetical order.
- Put the files in alphabetical order.
- There doesn't seem to be any system to the books on these shelves - they're certainly not in alphabetical order.
- The children were made to sit in alphabetical order according to their surname.
- Scroll through this alphabetical listing to find the article you want.
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Letters of alphabets
- A, a
- alphabetic
- B, b
- C, c
- chi
- I, i
- iota
- J, j
- K, k
- kappa
- phi
- psi
- Q, q
- R, r
- rho
- xi
- Y, y
- Z, z
- zed
- zee
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Lettering & alphabets
alphabetically
adverb uk/ˌæl.fəˈbet.ɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌæl.fəˈbet̬.ɪ.kəl.i/
I've arranged the pictures of the animals alphabetically from aardvark to zebra.