alphabetises
Arranges by letter
Alphabetises is the British spelling of alphabetizes—to arrange items in alphabetical order.
She alphabetises the spice jars every time she cleans the kitchen.
The word applies to any sorting by initial letters: filing systems, lists, book collections.
Spanning the full range
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- graphemesUnits of writing systems
- scriptsWritten texts for performances
Arranging into sequence
- arrangingSystematically positioning elements
- orderingPlacing in sequence
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
- filingStoring documents systematically
sequencing · listing · indexing · systematizing · collating · classifying · tabulating · enumerating
Books defining vocabulary
- encyclopediasMulti-volume knowledge collections
- glossariesLists defining specialized terms
- indexesAlphabetized reference guides
- directoriesLists of names, contacts
bibliographies · lexicons · thesauruses · concordances · gazettes · registers · catalogs · word lists
A-to-Z
Spanning the full range
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- graphemesUnits of writing systems
sorting
Arranging into sequence
- arrangingSystematically positioning elements
- orderingPlacing in sequence
- catalogingSystematic organization into records
filing · sequencing · listing · indexing · systematizing · collating · classifying · tabulating · enumerating · itemizing
dictionaries
Books defining vocabulary
- encyclopediasMulti-volume knowledge collections
- glossariesLists defining specialized terms
- indexesAlphabetized reference guides
directories · bibliographies · lexicons · thesauruses · concordances · gazettes · registers · catalogs · word lists · phone books
alphabetisesrandomizes
Makes outcomes unpredictable
ranks · categorizes · prioritizes · shuffles · groups