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# alphabetical

«alphabetical» in Mova's school dictionary: **Arranged in the order of the letters of the alphabet, A to Z** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (alphabetical); adverb: alphabetically

### meaning for a pupil

Arranged in the order of the letters of the alphabet, A to Z. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabetical/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In school: put words in alphabetical order, find a word in a dictionary, register names in alphabetical order. Libraries sort fiction by author's surname alphabetically. Phrases: in alphabetical order, alphabetical list.

### examples

- Put these words in alphabetical order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabetical/#x1)
- The class register is in alphabetical order by surname. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabetical/#x2)
- Dictionaries are alphabetical. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabetical/#x3)
- The books are sorted alphabetically by author. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabetical/#x4)
- Apple comes before banana in alphabetical order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabetical/#x5)
- Make an alphabetical list of the animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabetical/#x6)

### note

When two words start with the same letter, look at the second letter (cat before cow). Spelling: alpha-bet-ical. Noun: alphabet.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alphabetical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alphabetical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.