phonetic alphabet
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noun
an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
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Origin of phonetic alphabet
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby phonetic alphabet
phonesthemic, phonet., phone tag, phonetic, phonetically, phonetic alphabet, phonetician, phoneticize, phonetic law, phonetics, phonetist
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British Dictionary definitions for phonetic alphabet
phonetic alphabet
noun
a list of the words used in communications to represent the letters of the alphabet, as in E for Echo, T for Tango
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