alphabetize
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- alphabetise (mainly British)
Etymology[edit]
From alphabet(ical) + -ize.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb[edit]
alphabetize (third-person singular simple present alphabetizes, present participle alphabetizing, simple past and past participle alphabetized)
- (US, Canada) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
- It was almost impossible to locate specific books in the library until we had alphabetized them by the authors' surnames.
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Translations[edit]
to arrange alphabetically
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