alphabetise

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A form of alphabetize — To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.

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alphabetize
OriginEnglish alphabet ← Middle English alphabete ← Classical Latin alphabētum →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

verbalphabetise (third-person singular simple present alphabetises, present participle alphabetising, simple past and past participle alphabetised)

present singular third person alphabetises · participle present alphabetising · participle past alphabetised · past alphabetised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbarrange in alphabetical order

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alphabetize
Broader
arrangeset up
Also see
alphabetize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-
  2. Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)
  3. Ancient Greekἄλφα (álpha)
  4. Proto-Semitic*bayt-
  5. Phoenician𐤁𐤕 (bt)
  6. Ancient Greekβῆτᾰ (bêtă)
  7. Ancient Greekἀλφάβητος (alphábētos)
  8. Medieval Greekἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)
  9. Classical Latinalphabētum
  10. Middle Englishalphabete
  11. Englishalphabet
  12. Englishalphabetise

From alphabet + -ise.

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Cite this entry
APA

alphabetise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alphabetise

MLA

“alphabetise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alphabetise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alphabetise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alphabetise.

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