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noun

alphabet

CEFR B1

a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language

In a sentence

Six example sentences with alphabet, each labelled with its topic.

  • Turkish switched from Arabic script to a Latin alphabet in 1928, and adults went back to school to read.

    History

  • Menus in Tbilisi use an alphabet of thirty-three rounded characters, so visitors point rather than pronounce.

    Travel

  • Early teleprinters could send only capitals, because the machine's alphabet had no room for lowercase forms.

    Technology

  • The game's invented alphabet has twenty runes, and players had cracked every one within a week of launch.

    Gaming

  • Tolkien invented an alphabet for his elves, with each letter shaped by the sound it carried.

    Literature

  • Children who learn the alphabet by song often cannot name a letter out of sequence.

    Psychology

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