Definition of "alphabetic" []

• Of, or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase. (adjective)

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• "To learn to decode words in alphabetic systems like English, it is necessary to understand that the letters in text represent the phonemes in speech."
• "This fundamental of reading is called alphabetic, which is taught through the techniques of phonemic awareness, word analysis, phonics, and sight words."
• "Omniglot is an interesting site about writing systems, which it classifies in alphabetic, syllabic, logographic, and alternative systems describing real and fictitious languages."