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al·pha·bet·ize
/ ˈalfəbiˌtīz/
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v. [tr.]
arrange (words or phrases) in alphabetical order:
the listings are arranged by state and alphabetized by city.
DERIVATIVES:
al·pha·bet·i·za·tion
/ ˌalfəˌbetəˈzāshən/ n.
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Cuneiform alphabets from Syria and Palestine.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Phoenician alphabets have been discussed...especially after the alphabet tablets became...southern linear alphabets, and the sequence...the Ugaritic alphabet is compared...these linear alphabets. 1.2.3...short cuneiform alphabet is dealt with...
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Alphabet fun for kids
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 2/26/2004; ; 686 words
; ...Abas New Straits Times 02-26-2004 Alphabet fun for kids Byline: Zoraini Wati Abas...that we have children learn is about alphabet. The Internet has colouring pages that...www.learningplanet. com/ parents/alphabet/), you can find a basic set of colouring...
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Automated Alphabet Reduction for Protein Datasets.(Research article)(Report)
Magazine article from: BMC Bioinformatics; 1/6/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...using the reduced alphabets. The alphabet by which the sequence...accurate than the AA alphabet, although the...The reduction of alphabets for PSP related...of the earliest alphabet reduction methods...of the reduced alphabets. They propose...
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Inventing an alphabet, real or pretend: It seems like an obvious idea, but it took 1,000 years to occur to anyone.(The Home Forum)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 11/27/2001; 700+ words
; ...characters, but also two Japanese alphabets! Even though we use an alphabet to write English, pictographs...read. He invented a 24-letter alphabet still used today. New alphabet inventions Alphabets have been invented in America...
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How the alphabet came to be used in a sign language
Magazine article from: Sign Language Studies; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...hands for the manual alphabet appeared in a book by...speak. Writing the alphabet on paper enabled a permanent...individuals. Manual alphabets, on the other hand...of meaning, manual alphabets are highly sequential...spread of the manual alphabet in European deaf communities...
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Are slanted manuscript alphabets superior to the traditional manuscript alphabet?
Magazine article from: Childhood Education; 12/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...slanted manuscript alphabet made the transition...the new, slanted alphabets, such as D'Nealian...the D'Nealian alphabet developed by Donald...use of alternative alphabets as a means to facilitate...claims for slanted alphabets and claims for the...used to teach the alphabet are ...
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AZERBAIJAN ADOPTS LATIN ALPHABET
News Wire article from: United Press International; 8/2/2001; 685 words
; ...International 08-02-2001 Azerbaijan adopts Latin alphabet BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug 02, 2001 (United Press...decision to switch from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet, the third alphabet change in 80 years. Authorities hope the controversial...
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Reading Alphabet Books in Kindergarten: Effects of Instructional Emphasis and Media Practice
Magazine article from: Journal of Research in Childhood Education; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...kindergartners as 12 teachers read 10 popular alphabet books aloud, emphasizing meanings or...centers for independent practice with an alphabet book on audiotape or CD-ROM over a...teachers had students work with one of the alphabet books, Dr. Seuss's ABC, in a computer...
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Reading alphabet books in kindergarten: effects of instructional emphasis and media practice.
Magazine article from: Journal of Research in Childhood Education; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...kindergartners as 12 teachers read 10 popular alphabet books aloud, emphasizing meanings or...centers for independent practice with an alphabet book on audiotape or CD-ROM over a...teachers had students work with one of the alphabet books, Dr. Seuss's ABC, in a computer...
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ALPHABET ante portas: HOW ENGLISH TEXT INVADES JAPANESE PUBLIC SPACE
Magazine article from: Visible Language; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...common ways of using English and the roman alphabet on Japanese shops signs are identified...general use of English and the Roman alphabet, which in the long run results in signs...Bilingualism in Daily Life: The Roman Alphabet in the Japanese Writing System." Motivated...
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alphabet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Europe is the Roman alphabet, the base of most alphabets used for the newly...an augmented Greek alphabet. Greek, Hebrew...all have their own alphabets. The most important...the Devanagari, an alphabet with syllabic features...
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ALPHABET
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...such as the Roman alphabet as used for Spanish...silent’). Alphabets and syllabaries . A...as the North Semitic alphabet , was used in and around...ancestor of all later alphabets, such as those used...of the North Semitic alphabet traded throughout the...
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INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET, short forms i.t.a. , ita , I.T.A. , ITA . A controversial adaptation of the Roman ALPHABET (sometimes called an augmented Roman alphabet ) intended as an aid for children and adults learning...
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Alphabet
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...WRITING . abecedarian, abecedary a teacher or learner of an alphabet. abecedarium an alphabet. alphabetarian a person who is learning the alphabet. alphabetics the science of alphabets. alphabetism the representation of the sounds of speech...
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INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...letters or taken from the Greek alphabet. The main characters are...The first version of the alphabet was developed in the late...transliterating non-Roman alphabets (such as Russian, Arabic, Chinese), or to provide an alphabet for a previously unwritten...
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