alphabetize

English

Alternative forms

• alphabetise (mainly, British)

Verb

alphabetize (third-person singular simple present alphabetizes, present participle alphabetizing, simple past and past participle alphabetized)

1. (US, Canada) To arrange items (i.e. words) in order of the first (and subsequent) letters as they appear in the alphabet (i.e. the standard list A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z).

Translations

to arrange alphabetically

• Finnish: aakkostaa (fi)

• Spanish: alfabetizar (es), poner en orden alfabetico (es)

See also

• alphabetic
• alphabetical order