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ALPHABETIC WRITING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alphabetic writing mean? 

ALPHABETIC WRITING (noun)
  The noun ALPHABETIC WRITING has 1 sense:

1. a writing system based on alphabetic charactersplay

  Familiarity information: ALPHABETIC WRITING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALPHABETIC WRITING (noun)


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 writing" 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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