When the school had no books or paper or pencils, she wrote the alphabet on the ground with a stick.
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Alphabet
/ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/
Synonyms for "alphabet" (109 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
alphabetic systemalphabetic systems
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Noun(3 words)
commencementconventional representationdance notationdelineationdemonstrationdepictiondepictmentdiagramdramadrawingelementsexemplificationfigurationfirst principlesfirst stepsfundamentalsfutharkgrammargraphemicshieroglyphic
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hornbookiconographyideogramillustrationimageryimaginginductioninitialinitial teaching alphabetinscribe
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7 entriesA to Z orderCyrillic alphabetGreek alphabetLatin alphabetMorse code alphabetalphabetical sequencephonetic alphabet
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6 entriesalphabet blocksalphabet chartalphabet lettersalphabet songalphabet workbookalphabetical order
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18 total sentences available.
The English alphabet has 26 letters.
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In this secret code, each number stands for a letter of the alphabet.
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Say the alphabet backwards.
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