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ALPHABETISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alphabetise mean?
• ALPHABETISE (verb)
The verb ALPHABETISE has 1 sense:
1. arrange in alphabetical order
Familiarity information: ALPHABETISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they alphabetise ... he / she / it alphabetises
Past simple: alphabetised
Past participle: alphabetised
-ing form: alphabetising
... he / she / it alphabetises Past simple: alphabetised
Past participle: alphabetised
-ing form: alphabetising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arrange in alphabetical order
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
alphabetise; alphabetize
Context example:
Alphabetize the list
Hypernyms (to "alphabetise" is one way to...):
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
alphabet (a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language)
alphabetiser (a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order)
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