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alphabeting

alphabeting is the present participle and gerund of alphabet.

Meaning of alphabet

Verb

alphabet (third-person singular simple present alphabets, present participle alphabeting, simple past and past participle alphabeted)

  1. (rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
    Synonyms:
    alphabetize

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Questions about alphabeting

What is alphabeting the present participle and gerund of?
Alphabeting is the present participle and gerund of alphabet.

Words near alphabeting in the dictionary

  1. alphabeticizing
  2. alphabetick
  3. alphabetico-classed
  4. alphabetics
  5. alphabetiform
  6. alphabeting
  7. alphabetisation
  8. alphabetisations
  9. alphabetise
  10. alphabetised
  11. alphabetiser

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alphabeting (page history and authors); alphabet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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