"alphabetize" meaning in English

See alphabetize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alphabetize.wav Forms: alphabetizes [present, singular, third-person], alphabetizing [participle, present], alphabetized [participle, past], alphabetized [past]
Etymology: From alphabet(ical) + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|alphabet|ize|alt1=alphabet(ical)}} alphabet(ical) + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} alphabetize (third-person singular simple present alphabetizes, present participle alphabetizing, simple past and past participle alphabetized)
  1. (US, Canada, transitive) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet. Tags: Canada, US, transitive Synonyms: alphabetise [British, mainly] Derived forms: alphabetizable, alphabetization, alphabetizer, misalphabetized, realphabetize, unalphabetized Related terms: alphabetic, alphabetical, alphabetical order Translations (to arrange alphabetically): alfabetitzar (Catalan), seta í stavrað (Faroese), stavraða (Faroese), aakkostaa (Finnish), alfabetizar (Galician), ordenar alfabeticamente (Galician), alphabetisieren (German), alphabetisch sortieren (German), αλφαβητίζω (alfavitízo) (Greek), alphabetisar (Interlingua), alfabetizzare (Italian), ordenar alfabeticamente (Portuguese), pôr em ordem alfabética (Portuguese), alfabetizar (Spanish), ordenar alfabeticamente (Spanish), poner en orden alfabético (Spanish), alfabetisera (Swedish), абеткува́ти (abetkuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), rhoi yn nhrefn yr wyddor (Welsh)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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