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Definition of alphabet in English: alphabetnoun ˈalfəbɛtˈælfəˌbɛt 1A set of letters or symbols in a fixed order used to represent the basic set of speech sounds of a language, especially the set of letters from A to Z. 字母表（尤指从A到Z的一套字母） the first letter of the alphabet Example sentencesExamples - Czech is one of a group of Slavic languages that use the Roman rather than the Cyrillic alphabet.
- When learning to read, many preschool age children recognize letters in alphabets (or characters in non alphabet languages) long before they are able to read.
- Different languages have different alphabets; different cultures use different calendars.
- The odd bit is that English is harder to read than any other language using the alphabet.
- These deals allowed Asians to use their own languages and alphabets, rather than numbers or English, when surfing the web.
- Modern scientific studies find that only the brain's left hemisphere is active in speaking foreign languages made up of alphabets.
- For the present we are concentrating on ciphers where the basic symbols are the letters of the English alphabet.
- Mrs Sulley taught me the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they represented.
- Did I know that the place has not only its own language but its own alphabet?
- I used to try and cram the whole twenty-four letter alphabet into one little symbol.
- If we assign numerical values to the alphabet in order, the letters HUM added together would yield 42.
- Castle painstakingly inked real and altered alphabets; alphabets that look letterpressed, so finely are they executed.
- The curve of the exterior wall is dressed in gray granite on which the alphabets, hieroglyphs and symbols of over 120 languages are etched.
- Languages have alphabets, or character repertoires, but computers deal with digits.
- The phonetic alphabet is almost as hard to master as the new language itself.
- In two or three months, all you get is a brief idea of the alphabet of a language.
- Chinese does not have an alphabet, but characters representing words, formed from stokes symbolising syllables.
- We created fonts for the alphabets of both languages so that the letters were defined using the same basic components (vertical, diagonal, and horizontal lines).
- The flags are held, arms extended, in various positions representing each of the letters of the alphabet or numbers.
- Thai is a tonal language, and its alphabet is derived from Mon and Khmer scripts.
Synonyms ABC, letters symbols, icons, writing system, syllabary rare signary - 1.1 The basic elements in a system which combine to form complex entities.
基本要素 DNA的四字母基本要素。 Example sentencesExamples - A four-letter alphabet might seem a rather limited system for writing complex messages.
- Each cell is blank or contains one symbol from a finite alphabet of symbols.
- Thuriam's Medical coding consists of combination of numbers and alphabets adhering to different coding standards.
- This is the musical alphabet from which the language of music ultimately is derived.
- Female nudes that appear repeatedly in his works, both paintings and sculptures, are not erotic; they are alphabets for a powerful political statement.
The origin of the alphabet goes back to the Phoenician system of the 2nd millennium BC, from which the modern Hebrew and Arabic systems are ultimately derived. The Greek alphabet, which emerged in 1000–900 BC, developed two branches, Cyrillic (which became the script of Russian) and Etruscan (from which derives the Roman alphabet used in the West) OriginEarly 16th century: from late Latin alphabetum, from Greek alpha, bēta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. The first two letters of the Greek alphabet are alpha and beta. In Greek these two letters were combined to make the word alphabētos, which was taken as a name for all 24 letters of the Greek alphabet as a whole, just as English-speaking children are taught their ABC.
Definition of alphabet in US English: alphabetnounˈalfəˌbetˈælfəˌbɛt 1A set of letters or symbols in a fixed order, used to represent the basic sounds of a language; in particular, the set of letters from A to Z. 字母表（尤指从A到Z的一套字母） The alphabet has its roots in Phoenician writing of the 2nd millennium BC, from which the modern Hebrew and Arabic systems are ultimately derived. The Greek alphabet, which emerged in 1000–900 BC, developed two branches, Cyrillic (which became the script of Russian) and Etruscan (from which derives the Roman alphabet used in the West) Example sentencesExamples - The odd bit is that English is harder to read than any other language using the alphabet.
- Czech is one of a group of Slavic languages that use the Roman rather than the Cyrillic alphabet.
- Modern scientific studies find that only the brain's left hemisphere is active in speaking foreign languages made up of alphabets.
- These deals allowed Asians to use their own languages and alphabets, rather than numbers or English, when surfing the web.
- When learning to read, many preschool age children recognize letters in alphabets (or characters in non alphabet languages) long before they are able to read.
- In two or three months, all you get is a brief idea of the alphabet of a language.
- The flags are held, arms extended, in various positions representing each of the letters of the alphabet or numbers.
- I used to try and cram the whole twenty-four letter alphabet into one little symbol.
- The phonetic alphabet is almost as hard to master as the new language itself.
- Different languages have different alphabets; different cultures use different calendars.
- The curve of the exterior wall is dressed in gray granite on which the alphabets, hieroglyphs and symbols of over 120 languages are etched.
- We created fonts for the alphabets of both languages so that the letters were defined using the same basic components (vertical, diagonal, and horizontal lines).
- Castle painstakingly inked real and altered alphabets; alphabets that look letterpressed, so finely are they executed.
- If we assign numerical values to the alphabet in order, the letters HUM added together would yield 42.
- Languages have alphabets, or character repertoires, but computers deal with digits.
- Thai is a tonal language, and its alphabet is derived from Mon and Khmer scripts.
- Did I know that the place has not only its own language but its own alphabet?
- For the present we are concentrating on ciphers where the basic symbols are the letters of the English alphabet.
- Chinese does not have an alphabet, but characters representing words, formed from stokes symbolising syllables.
- Mrs Sulley taught me the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they represented.
- 1.1 The basic elements in a system which combine to form complex entities.
基本要素 DNA的四字母基本要素。 Example sentencesExamples - Female nudes that appear repeatedly in his works, both paintings and sculptures, are not erotic; they are alphabets for a powerful political statement.
- A four-letter alphabet might seem a rather limited system for writing complex messages.
- This is the musical alphabet from which the language of music ultimately is derived.
- Thuriam's Medical coding consists of combination of numbers and alphabets adhering to different coding standards.
- Each cell is blank or contains one symbol from a finite alphabet of symbols.
OriginEarly 16th century: from late Latin alphabetum, from Greek alpha, bēta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. |