Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for alphabet. Search instead for handalphabets.
Definitions

alphabet

[al-fuh-bet, -bit] / ˈæl fəˌbɛt, -bɪt /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Before our kids even learn the alphabet, we hand them tablets, and we know from neurological imagery that it is rotting their brains.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

"Korean is known as the most scientific language on the planet and the actual alphabet you can learn in four hours," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

In their experiments, these structures reached a record 48 dimensions and included more than 17,000 distinct topological signatures, creating a vast new "alphabet" for encoding stable quantum information.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Even Americans who have never watched a minute of C-SPAN, or get a little lost in the alphabet soup of other agencies, will probably never forget standing in Yosemite Valley and admiring a towering waterfall.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

It was because of those instructions that Grandma kept me up most nights and taught me the alphabet, multiplication, addition, reading, and writing.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals




Vocabulary lists containing alphabet


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "alphabet" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com