Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An alphabet, or a representation of a written alphabet, in which letters are represented by positions of the hand and fingers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: sign language
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Synonyms: deaf-and-dumb alphabet, hand alphabet
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: finger alphabet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: alphabet
History
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