Advanced Vocabulary - General Writing Systems

General Writing Systems

alphabet noun

a set of letters in a particular order that are used for writing a language.

alphabetical adjective

arranged according to the order of letters in the alphabet.

alphabetise

a British spelling of alphabetize.

alphabetize verb

to put a list in alphabetical order.

block capitals noun

letters of the alphabet written in their large form, for example ‘A’ rather than ‘a’. Block capitals are often simply called capitals . 

block letters noun

block capitals .

capital noun

the large form of a letter, for example ‘A’ or ‘B’, that you use at the beginning of a sentence or name.

capital adjective

a capital letter is the large form of a letter, for example ‘A’ or ‘B’, that you use at the beginning of a sentence or name.

consonant noun

a letter of the alphabet used as a symbol for a consonant All the letters of the English alphabet are consonants except for ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, and ‘u’ , which are vowels . 

initial noun

the first letter of a word.

letter noun

a written symbol that is used to represent a sound used in speech.

lettering noun

printed or written letters of the alphabet.

script noun

a system of written letters and symbols.

upper case adjective

upper case letters of the alphabet are capital letters , for example ‘A’, ‘F’, and ‘T’.

vowel noun

one of the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, or ‘u’, used for representing these sounds. In English, ‘y’ is sometimes considered to be a vowel. The other letters are called consonants . 

alphabetically adverb .

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