alphabetical order

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alphabetical order (usually uncountable, plural alphabetical orders)

  1. The sequence of a collection of items (such as words in a dictionary) arranged in order by position in the alphabet.
    • 2013, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
      The obituaries are concerning me because people are dying in alphabetical order.

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