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As a verb, alphabetize means arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
Meanings of alphabetize
2 meaningsverb
USCanadaTo 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.”
Provide with an alphabet
“Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages”
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verb: arrange in alphabetical order
alphabetise
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