1. A character set that includes letters and is used to write a language 
2. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
   - rudiment, first rudiment, first principle, ABC, ABC's, ABCs

Derived forms: alphabets

See also: alphabetic, alphabetical, alphabetize, analphabetic

Type of: basic principle, basics, bedrock, character set, fundamental principle, fundamentals, script

Encyclopedia: Alphabet

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