alphabet
noun
the letters of a language in their customary order.
alphabets
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pluralof alphabet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Earlier research has already used expanded genetic alphabets to create synthetic DNA molecules capable of recognizing liver cancer cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Czernowitz was by then a Habsburg afterimage: Jews, Germans, Romanians, Ukrainians and Poles, brushing past one another in schools, markets and cafes, their lives conducted in competing alphabets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
So the Shakespeare skeptics were convinced that by looking closely at the letters used to spell each word in Shakespeare’s works, they could make out two different alphabets and uncover a code from Francis Bacon.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2023
Above the stage, “Elvis” was spelled out in different alphabets, and there were flashing lights that presented an image of him swiveling with a guitar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
They had never developed alphabets or rules for spelling, never set their histories down in stone.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
