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ALPHABETIC SCRIPT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alphabetic script mean?
• ALPHABETIC SCRIPT (noun)
The noun ALPHABETIC SCRIPT has 1 sense:
1. a writing system based on alphabetic characters
Familiarity information: ALPHABETIC SCRIPT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A writing system based on alphabetic characters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
alphabetic script; alphabetic writing
Hypernyms ("alphabetic script" is a kind of...):
orthography; writing system (a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols)
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