Meaning & use
alphabet
A set of letters or symbols arranged in a fixed order and used to write a language.
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The English alphabet has twenty-six letters, running from A to Z.
Children in kindergarten spend the year learning to recognize the alphabet.
A note on using this word
Not all writing systems use an alphabet; some, like Chinese, use characters that represent whole words or syllables instead of sounds.
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