[{"word":"alphabets","phonetic":"/ˈæl.fə.bɛts/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈæl.fə.bɛts/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The set of letters used when writing in a language.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet."},{"definition":"A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Let L be a regular language over the alphabet \\Sigma."},{"definition":"An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The simplest rudiments; elements.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["ABC","absey"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["alphabetize"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alphabet","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alphabets"]}]