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English noun: alphabet | |||
| 1. | alphabet (communication) a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | character set, script | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Arabic alphabet, Armenian, Armenian alphabet, Cyrillic, Cyrillic alphabet, finger alphabet, Greek alphabet, Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script, Latin alphabet, manual alphabet, phonetic alphabet, Roman alphabet, sound alphabet | ||
| Member holonym | alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet | ||
| 2. | alphabet (cognition) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | ||
| Samples | He mastered only the rudiments of geometry. | ||
| Synonyms | ABC, ABC's, ABCs, first principle, first rudiment, rudiment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamental principle, fundamentals | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||
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