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the alpha and the omega

the alpha and the omega is the alternative form of alpha and omega.

Meaning of alpha and omega

Noun

alpha and omega (usually uncountable, plural alphas and omegas)

  1. (usually) The first and last; the beginning and end.
    • I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 1:8

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Proper noun capitalized: the Alpha and the Omega

the Alpha and the Omega

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Alpha and Omega.

Questions about the alpha and the omega

What is the alpha and the omega the alternative form of?
The alpha and the omega is the alternative form of alpha and omega.
What part of speech is the alpha and the omega?
The alpha and the omega is a proper noun.

Words near the alpha and the omega in the dictionary

  1. thdr.
  2. the
  3. the 'Bu
  4. the 'G'
  5. The Accident
  6. the alpha and the omega
  7. The Angle
  8. the answer to a maiden's prayer
  9. the apple does not fall far from the stem
  10. the apple does not fall far from the tree
  11. the apple does not fall far from the trunk

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