From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Letters & punctuationalphabetal‧pha‧bet /ˈælfəbet/ ●●●W3 noun [countable]SLAa set of letters, arranged in a particular order, and used in writingthe Greek/Roman etc alphabet
the international phonetic alphabetExamples from the Corpusalphabet• Alphabetic systems possess an inventory of symbols, called an alphabet, to represent the individualphonemes.• The initials of businesses speed through an alphabetsoup at mind-numbing speed.• the Cyrillicalphabet• The famousalphabetlength below Nellies Becksaw most of the action producing five of the top six weights.• The new bureaucracy of alphabet soup agencies was in harness.• Look at the alphabetsemaphorechart to find out where to place your flags.• And then we all gave thanks that there are only 26 letters in the alphabet.• Robert Woodsadopts a new approach to teaching the alphabet.• The kine is analogous to a letter in the verbalalphabet.Originalphabet(1500-1600)Late Latinalphabetum, from Greek, from alpha ( → ALPHA) + beta ( → BETA)
