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alphabetize

alphabetize verb: to arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.

Verb

alphabetize (third-person singular simple present alphabetizes, present participle alphabetizing, simple past and past participle alphabetized)

  1. (Canada, US, transitive) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
    • It was almost impossible to locate specific books in the library until we had alphabetized them by the authors' surnames.

alphabetize meaning in Tamil and Bengali

alphabetize in Tamil

நெடுங்கணக்கு முறையில் ஒழுங்குபடுத்து

alphabetize in Bengali

বর্ণানুক্রমে সাজানো

Forms of alphabetize

third-person singular presentalphabetizes
present participlealphabetizing
past participlealphabetized
pastalphabetized
alternative formalphabetise

Origin of alphabetize

From alphabet(ical) + -ize.

Words formed from alphabetize

Questions about alphabetize

What does alphabetize mean?
Alphabetize means to arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
What is alphabetize in Tamil?
Alphabetize in Tamil is நெடுங்கணக்கு முறையில் ஒழுங்குபடுத்து. See Alphabetize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alphabetize?
Alphabetize is a verb.
What is the past tense of alphabetize?
The past tense of alphabetize is alphabetized.

Words near alphabetize in the dictionary

  1. alphabetists
  2. alphabetitis
  3. alphabetizable
  4. alphabetization
  5. alphabetizations
  6. alphabetize
  7. alphabetized
  8. alphabetizer
  9. alphabetizers
  10. alphabetizes
  11. alphabetizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: alphabetize (page history and authors); alphabetize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alphabetize (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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