alphabetic

CEFRB1

/ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to letters or arranged by the alphabet.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    An alphabetic character; a letter of the alphabet.

Examples

  • Alphabetic script on signs on streets and buildings is just boring, some think.

  • I take part of the alphabetic mafia.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.

More examples

In context

  • Upper case alphabetics can be composed of two characters: (1) a shift character; and (2) the desired alphabetic character.

  • Seycong or his linguistic consultants could use as a model the alphabetic or abugidic scripts of India and Inner Asia […]

  • Subparagraphs are identified by lower case alphabetics followed by numerics and alphabetics in parentheses and then underlined numerics and alphabetics.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.