alphabetize
verb (used with object)
to put or arrange in alphabetical order.
alphabetized
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past participleof alphabetize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof alphabetize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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With her latest book, she took 10 years of her diaries and alphabetized them by the first letter of the first word of each sentence, then cut the book down into the volume published.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
A small bookcase near the front door holds Ms. Milligan’s alphabetized DVD collection of 1960s and ’70s television series, most snagged from the $5 bin at Target.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Then we have a second list that is every single member of Congress, alphabetized by last name.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2023
Her spices were alphabetized, her cutlery all had to face the same direction in the drawer and her chocolate chip cookies were somehow all identical.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022
She took down Babi’s books, dusted and alphabetized them.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
