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词汇 alphabetize
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Definition of alphabetize in English:

alphabetize

(British alphabetise)
verb ˈalfəbətʌɪzˈælfəbəˌtaɪz
[with object]
  • Arrange in alphabetical order.

    按字母顺序排列

    the listings are arranged by state and alphabetized by city

    所列项目按州编排,以各城市名的字母顺序排列。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've cleaned out all the urns in the tea cellar, blown the dust out of the Hydrogen Mainframe, and now I'm alphabetising our mugs.
    • It took me 45 minutes to alphabetise my references this morning.
    • Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter?
    • It wasn't alphabetized or arranged in any other logical way, so it took a little while to find.
    • I have so many CD's, LP's etc. that a couple of years ago when I was out of work I did index and alphabetise them.
    • Our nameplates arrived for the communal office door today, alphabetised by the handyman who put them up, which thus avoided the catfight my new officemates and I had promised each other over who would get the top position.
    • Why didn't I at least alphabetize my library, while I still had the chance?
    • I added a whole slew of them to the sidebar today, and I think I am going to start categorizing or alphabetizing them or putting them on a different page all together.
    • After a couple of hours of mindless surfing, I've found a few more most excellent weblogs to add to my soon to be alphabetised side bar!
    • In other news, MovableType considers capital letters to come before lower case letters when alphabetising things.
    • To make an effective filing system, experts recommend alphabetizing your relevant documents by subject or category.
    • I did this - a complete cross referenced and alphabetised list of every post I have made in the last month.
    • Just as you finally alphabetise your sprawling DVD collection, along comes another battle over the Next Big Format.
    • Her books and other miscellaneous things were put at easy access, her books were alphabetized by title, and then by category, and her other things were put into the many drawers of the large, oak desk below the window.
    • At first, she did odd things like rearranging her shoes and alphabetizing the books on the bookshelf in her office.
    • Their principal function was to alphabetize Shakespeare's text, laying bare otherwise inaccessible qualities and quantities.
    • Your focus group data file should be alphabetized according to theme.
    • Unfortunately trying to alphabetize the band ‘The The’ ended in a vicious, never ending cycle from which I have yet to escape.
    • The cards do not spontaneously alphabetise themselves in a neat pile.
    • Yes, I alphabetized my socks and then had to look around for something else to do.
    Synonyms
    record, register, make a list of, note down, write down, set down, enter

Derivatives

  • alphabetization

  • noun alfəbətʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
    • Functions are listed alphabetically, which makes locating them quick and painless (unless you're a fan of categorization divisions that is, in which case the alphabetization won't suit you at all).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Access to knowledge also became more systematic, as in the spread of alphabetization, compilations of technical material in encyclopedias, and the Linnaean method of classifying and identifying botanical specimens.
      • Of all our worldly possessions, I don't think there is currently anything more capable of making my spirits soar than this towering monument - this shrine - to orderly alphabetisation.
      • Through the magic of alphabetization, the book I recommend with the most caveats appears first.
      • But the alphabetisation never went beyond the first or second letter, so even though the works were arranged in alphabetical order, they were not as easy to check on shelf as ours are today.

Definition of alphabetize in US English:

alphabetize

(British alphabetise)
verbˈælfəbəˌtaɪzˈalfəbəˌtīz
[with object]
  • Arrange (words or phrases) in alphabetical order.

    按字母顺序排列

    the listings are arranged by state and alphabetized by city

    所列项目按州编排,以各城市名的字母顺序排列。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After a couple of hours of mindless surfing, I've found a few more most excellent weblogs to add to my soon to be alphabetised side bar!
    • Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter?
    • I've cleaned out all the urns in the tea cellar, blown the dust out of the Hydrogen Mainframe, and now I'm alphabetising our mugs.
    • Her books and other miscellaneous things were put at easy access, her books were alphabetized by title, and then by category, and her other things were put into the many drawers of the large, oak desk below the window.
    • I added a whole slew of them to the sidebar today, and I think I am going to start categorizing or alphabetizing them or putting them on a different page all together.
    • Our nameplates arrived for the communal office door today, alphabetised by the handyman who put them up, which thus avoided the catfight my new officemates and I had promised each other over who would get the top position.
    • At first, she did odd things like rearranging her shoes and alphabetizing the books on the bookshelf in her office.
    • Yes, I alphabetized my socks and then had to look around for something else to do.
    • Their principal function was to alphabetize Shakespeare's text, laying bare otherwise inaccessible qualities and quantities.
    • Just as you finally alphabetise your sprawling DVD collection, along comes another battle over the Next Big Format.
    • I did this - a complete cross referenced and alphabetised list of every post I have made in the last month.
    • Your focus group data file should be alphabetized according to theme.
    • Unfortunately trying to alphabetize the band ‘The The’ ended in a vicious, never ending cycle from which I have yet to escape.
    • In other news, MovableType considers capital letters to come before lower case letters when alphabetising things.
    • Why didn't I at least alphabetize my library, while I still had the chance?
    • To make an effective filing system, experts recommend alphabetizing your relevant documents by subject or category.
    • It took me 45 minutes to alphabetise my references this morning.
    • I have so many CD's, LP's etc. that a couple of years ago when I was out of work I did index and alphabetise them.
    • It wasn't alphabetized or arranged in any other logical way, so it took a little while to find.
    • The cards do not spontaneously alphabetise themselves in a neat pile.
    Synonyms
    record, register, make a list of, note down, write down, set down, enter
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