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ALPHABETIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange in alphabetical order

Example:

Alphabetize the list

Synonyms:

alphabetise; alphabetize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "alphabetize" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

alphabetization (the act of putting in alphabetical order)

alphabetizer (a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide with an alphabet

Example:

Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "alphabetize" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

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

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