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ALPHABETIZE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does alphabetize mean?

• ALPHABETIZE (verb)
The verb ALPHABETIZE has 2 senses:

1. arrange in alphabetical order
2. provide with an alphabet

Familiarity information: ALPHABETIZE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALPHABETIZE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Arrange in alphabetical order

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

alphabetise; alphabetize

Context example:

Alphabetize the list

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Provide with an alphabet

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages

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

furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)

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

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