Alphabet
noun
A set of symbols or letters used to represent the basic sounds in a language.
The English alphabet starts with the letters A, B, C
Often appears as...
- the english alphabet
- alphabet letters
noun
The basic elements or principles of a skill, activity, or subject.
In cooking, learning how to cut properly is part of the alphabet
Often appears as...
- the alphabet of cooking
- the alphabet of music
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Approving
noun
A system using the NATO phonetic alphabet to spell out parts of a message containing letters and numbers.
Use the NATO alphabet to convey the call sign
Often appears as...
- nato alphabet
- phonetic alphabet
noun
A set of symbols or letters used to represent the basic sounds in a language.
The English alphabet starts with the letters A, B, C
Often appears as...
- the english alphabet
- alphabet letters
noun
The basic elements or principles of a skill, activity, or subject.
In cooking, learning how to cut properly is part of the alphabet
Often appears as...
- the alphabet of cooking
- the alphabet of music
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A system using the NATO phonetic alphabet to spell out parts of a message containing letters and numbers.
Use the NATO alphabet to convey the call sign
Often appears as...
- nato alphabet
- phonetic alphabet
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Language Foundation
Every language has a unique alphabet as its foundation for writing and pronunciation.
Unlike the English alphabet, the Russian alphabet has 33 letters.
Pro Tip 2/3Order Significance
Learning the correct order of the alphabet helps with dictionary use and alphabetical sorting.
I organized my books in alphabetical order using the alphabet.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variations
Alphabets differ globally; some languages include characters and accents not found in English.
The Spanish alphabet includes 'ñ', unlike the English alphabet.
Pro Tip 1/3Language Foundation
Every language has a unique alphabet as its foundation for writing and pronunciation.
Unlike the English alphabet, the Russian alphabet has 33 letters.
Pro Tip 2/3Order Significance
Learning the correct order of the alphabet helps with dictionary use and alphabetical sorting.
I organized my books in alphabetical order using the alphabet.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variations
Alphabets differ globally; some languages include characters and accents not found in English.
The Spanish alphabet includes 'ñ', unlike the English alphabet.
Pro Tip 1/3Language Foundation
Every language has a unique alphabet as its foundation for writing and pronunciation.
Unlike the English alphabet, the Russian alphabet has 33 letters.
Pro Tip 2/3Order Significance
Learning the correct order of the alphabet helps with dictionary use and alphabetical sorting.
I organized my books in alphabetical order using the alphabet.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variations
Alphabets differ globally; some languages include characters and accents not found in English.
The Spanish alphabet includes 'ñ', unlike the English alphabet.
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The secret messages of...
Runes are short, straight, and diagonal lines that make up an alphabet called the “futhark.” All classes of people spoke and wrote this language, in many different dialects. There was no standard spelling, they wrote the individual runic letters by pronouncing the sounds of their regional accents. Some of these inscriptions also bore the influence of other cultures
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Why are these 32 symbols...
There's just not enough characters at this point to have represented all of the words in the spoken language, something which is a requirement for a full writing system. Nor do we see the signs repeating regularly enough to suggest that they were some sort of alphabet. But what we do have are some intriguing one-offs,
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How to read music - Tim...
or when to play it. Let's start with pitch. To help us out, we're going to use a piano, but this system works for pretty much any instrument you can think of. In the Western music tradition, pitches are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
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How to create a great...
from sweden finally a few words about alphabet the parent company of google and now one of the world's most valuable companies much has been said and written about the the business strategy but i'll say a few words about the name
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The radical possibilities...
made up of a six-letter genetic alphabet the four natural letters plus two additional new man-made letters such an organism would be the first radically altered form of life ever created it would be a semi synthetic form of life
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Saki Mafundikwa:...
Africans of antiquity created civilization, and their monuments, which still stand today, are a true testimony of their greatness. Most probably, one of humanity's greatest achievements is the invention of the alphabet,
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How Africa can use its...
with an alphabet sheet like this fulfills one of the major functions of education, which is to introduce the learner to an appreciation of the learner's environment and a curiosity to explore more in order to add value.
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Nelly the Clever Pig PIPE...
a very specific concept she has of what's supposed to be going on here okay now this ability to recognize shapes and textures helps explain her stage finale spelling out the word ham from the alphabet
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Top 5 Most Intelligent...
it's a very specific concept she has of what's supposed to be going on here this ability to recognize shapes and textures helps explain her stage finale spelling out the word ham from the alphabet
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Safari Live - Day 280 PIPE...
right in the alphabet where these maybe is not in yet
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The secret messages of...
Runes are short, straight, and diagonal lines that make up an alphabet called the “futhark.” All classes of people spoke and wrote this language, in many different dialects. There was no standard spelling, they wrote the individual runic letters by pronouncing the sounds of their regional accents. Some of these inscriptions also bore the influence of other cultures
Video examples
Why are these 32 symbols...
There's just not enough characters at this point to have represented all of the words in the spoken language, something which is a requirement for a full writing system. Nor do we see the signs repeating regularly enough to suggest that they were some sort of alphabet. But what we do have are some intriguing one-offs,
Video examples
How to read music - Tim...
or when to play it. Let's start with pitch. To help us out, we're going to use a piano, but this system works for pretty much any instrument you can think of. In the Western music tradition, pitches are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
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How to create a great...
from sweden finally a few words about alphabet the parent company of google and now one of the world's most valuable companies much has been said and written about the the business strategy but i'll say a few words about the name
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The radical possibilities...
made up of a six-letter genetic alphabet the four natural letters plus two additional new man-made letters such an organism would be the first radically altered form of life ever created it would be a semi synthetic form of life
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Saki Mafundikwa:...
Africans of antiquity created civilization, and their monuments, which still stand today, are a true testimony of their greatness. Most probably, one of humanity's greatest achievements is the invention of the alphabet,
Video examples
How Africa can use its...
with an alphabet sheet like this fulfills one of the major functions of education, which is to introduce the learner to an appreciation of the learner's environment and a curiosity to explore more in order to add value.
Video examples
Nelly the Clever Pig PIPE...
a very specific concept she has of what's supposed to be going on here okay now this ability to recognize shapes and textures helps explain her stage finale spelling out the word ham from the alphabet
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Top 5 Most Intelligent...
it's a very specific concept she has of what's supposed to be going on here this ability to recognize shapes and textures helps explain her stage finale spelling out the word ham from the alphabet
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Safari Live - Day 280 PIPE...
right in the alphabet where these maybe is not in yet
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Gabrielle Carteris
American Actress
I met a girl when I was in third grade. Kids were beating her up - she was deaf - so I walked her home. Her parents were deaf and they gave me the alphabet on a card. I learned it and taught my friends how to do the alphabet - which was outlawed in our school because we used to talk to each other in class.
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Oliver Luck
There are a limited number of letters in the alphabet. AFL? Nope, taken. BFL? Eh, doesn't sound very good. CFL? Taken. DFL? What's the D stand for?... They went all the way down the list, slept on it for a couple of days, came back - and, long story short, they said the XFL still has some brand equity.
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Sheryl Lee Ralph
American Actress
To tell you the truth, I'm shocked, as I travel across this country, at how little people know or don't want to know about HIV/AIDS. There are a lot of people who don't know that HIV is one thing and AIDS is another. Those people just think it's one big old alphabet of a disease.
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Graham Nelson
English Mathematician
Eventually I found it had been working all along-but didn't show anything on screen until it had the first full page of text. I inserted 30 new lines, and suddenly my toy said 'hEllO woRlD'. An hour later I understood alphabet shifting rather better!
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Michael Hayden
American Public Servant
I used to have a little saying I used when people said, 'What are your priorities?' I'd give them a bit of government alphabet soup. I'd say 'CTCPROW: Counterterrorism, counterproliferation, rest of the world.
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Joshua Cohen
American Writer
English, unlike Hebrew, is read from left to right - as are clocks. The concepts of clockwise and counterclockwise are universal, irrespective of alphabet.
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Giorgio Armani
Italian Designer
I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet.
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
German Theologian
Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
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Tre Cool
American Musician
I like Fisher Price music, nursery rhymes, and the alphabet song.
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Roger Moore
English Actor
I didn't learn the alphabet until I was 11.
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Gabrielle Carteris
American Actress
I met a girl when I was in third grade. Kids were beating her up - she was deaf - so I walked her home. Her parents were deaf and they gave me the alphabet on a card. I learned it and taught my friends how to do the alphabet - which was outlawed in our school because we used to talk to each other in class.
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Oliver Luck
There are a limited number of letters in the alphabet. AFL? Nope, taken. BFL? Eh, doesn't sound very good. CFL? Taken. DFL? What's the D stand for?... They went all the way down the list, slept on it for a couple of days, came back - and, long story short, they said the XFL still has some brand equity.
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Sheryl Lee Ralph
American Actress
To tell you the truth, I'm shocked, as I travel across this country, at how little people know or don't want to know about HIV/AIDS. There are a lot of people who don't know that HIV is one thing and AIDS is another. Those people just think it's one big old alphabet of a disease.
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Graham Nelson
English Mathematician
Eventually I found it had been working all along-but didn't show anything on screen until it had the first full page of text. I inserted 30 new lines, and suddenly my toy said 'hEllO woRlD'. An hour later I understood alphabet shifting rather better!
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Michael Hayden
American Public Servant
I used to have a little saying I used when people said, 'What are your priorities?' I'd give them a bit of government alphabet soup. I'd say 'CTCPROW: Counterterrorism, counterproliferation, rest of the world.
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Joshua Cohen
American Writer
English, unlike Hebrew, is read from left to right - as are clocks. The concepts of clockwise and counterclockwise are universal, irrespective of alphabet.
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Giorgio Armani
Italian Designer
I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet.
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
German Theologian
Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
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Tre Cool
American Musician
I like Fisher Price music, nursery rhymes, and the alphabet song.
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Roger Moore
English Actor
I didn't learn the alphabet until I was 11.
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