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alt — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alto noun A singing voice or vocal part that sits between tenor and soprano.
  • article noun A piece of writing on a particular topic, published in a newspaper, magazine, or online.
  • knot noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
  • knuckle noun Any of the joints of the fingers, especially where the fingers meet the hand.
  • paragraph noun A distinct section of writing, usually several sentences long, dealing with a single idea and starting on a new line.

Senses

alt is used for these senses in English:

  • article (grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
  • knot The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
  • knuckle Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.

alto — full definition

  1. noun A singing voice or vocal part that sits between tenor and soprano.
  2. noun A singer or instrument that performs this part, such as an alto saxophone.

article — full definition

  1. noun A piece of writing on a particular topic, published in a newspaper, magazine, or online.
  2. noun An individual item or object, especially one of a particular kind or category.
  3. noun A word (such as "a," "an," or "the") that marks a noun as definite or indefinite.

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