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Definition of: alphabet
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(al′fə뀇bet) noun
1. The letters that form the elements of written language, in order as fixed by usage: in English, 26 in number.
2. Any system of characters or symbols representing the simple sounds of speech. See TABLE OF FOREIGN ALPHABETS on next page.
3. The simplest elements or rudiments of anything.
—v.t. To alphabetize. [ < L alphabetum < Gk. alpha a + bēta b]
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