ABC
noun
1 ABC
Roget 66:
beginning,
commencement,
opening,
outset,
incipience,
inception,
inchoation†;
introduction
etc.
(precursor)
64;
alpha,
initial;
inauguration,
debut,
le premier pas,
embarcation [Fr.],
rising of the curtain;
maiden speech;
outbreak,
onset,
brunt;
initiative,
move,
first move;
narrow end of the wedge,
thin end of the wedge;
fresh start,
new departure.
origin
etc.
(cause)
153;
source,
rise;
bud,
germ
etc.
153;
egg,
rudiment;
genesis,
primogenesis†,
birth,
nativity,
cradle,
infancy;
start,
inception,
creation,
starting point
etc.
293;
dawn
etc.
(morning)
125;
evolution.
title-page;
head,
heading;
van
etc.
(front)
234;
caption,
fatihah†.
entrance,
entry;
inlet,
orifice,
mouth,
chops,
lips,
porch,
portal,
portico,
propylon†,
door;
gate,
gateway;
postern,
wicket,
threshold,
vestibule;
propylaeum†;
skirts,
border
etc.
(edge)
231.
first stage,
first blush,
first glance,
first impression,
first sight.
rudiments,
elements,
outlines,
grammar,
alphabet,
ABC.
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Roget 561:
letter;
character;
hieroglyphic
etc.
(writing)
590;
type
etc.
(printing)
591;
capitals;
digraph,
trigraph;
ideogram,
ideograph;
majuscule,
minuscule;
majuscule,
minuscule;
alphabet,
ABC†,
abecedary†,
christcross-row.
consonant,
vowel;
diphthong,
triphthong [Gramm.];
mute,
liquid,
labial,
dental,
guttural.
syllable;
monosyllable,
dissyllable†,
polysyllable;
affix,
suffix.
spelling,
orthograph†;
phonography†,
phonetic spelling;
anagrammatism†,
metagrammatism†.
cipher,
monogram,
anagram;
doubleacrostic†.
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