Definition of Alphabetizing

1. Verb. (present participle of alphabetize) ¹

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Definition of Alphabetizing

1. alphabetize [v] - See also: alphabetize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alphabetizing

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Literary usage of Alphabetizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indexing: A Handbook of Instruction by George Edward Brown (1921)
"(b) Alphabetizing ENTRY-WORDS 3. It is hardly necessary to point out that the alphabetical arrangement is that of the single entry- words as they stand ..."

2. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 by Stephanie Harvey (1998)
"The white pages often list residential and business numbers separately. Many phone books include blue pages for government listings. • Alphabetizing. ..."

3. Guide to the Use of Libraries: A Manual for College and University Students by Margaret Hutchins, Alice Sarah Johnson, Margaret Stuart Williams (1922)
"The alphabetizing may be by words or by letters, but either one method or ... A possible exception to the rule of alphabetizing by words is the filing of ..."

4. Cataloging for Small Libraries by Theresa Hitchler (1915)
"Entries arranged strictly according to Cutter's Rules for alphabetizing. MARIE D'OIGNIES, Saint Marie Celeste, Sister Marie I, queen of France Marie de ..."

5. Kato Texts by Pliny Earle Goddard (1910)
"The sound of a apparently being nearer open o than a, these two characters have also been treated as one in alphabetizing. Ts and tc may be variants of one ..."

6. Reference Guides that Should be Known and how to Use Them: A Series of Eight by Florence May Hopkins (1916)
"... writing the title "California and Oregon trail" above the word "Parkman" on a second printed card, entering the call number and alphabetizing it under ..."

7. The Spell-to-write Spelling Books by Ambrose Leo Suhrie, Robert Philip Koehler (1922)
"Review: pole, fill, fell Review also words taught in Lesson 587. Inspect the alphabetizing of the words in this lesson. ate, senate, rare, cat, local, far, ..."

8. Report on Instruction in Library Administration in Normal Schools by Elizabeth G. Baldwin (1906)
"Alphabetizing.—After necessary cards are made for a book comes their ... Alphabetizing is not as easy as it sounds. Just how author (individual or official ..."

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