Synonyms for alpha

Grammar : Noun

Spell : al-fuh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæl fə

first
start

Définition of alpha

Origin : c.1300, from Latin alpha, from Greek alpha, from Hebrew or Phoenician aleph (see aleph). The Greeks added -a because Greek words cannot end in most consonants. Sense of "beginning of anything" is from late 14c., often paired with omega (last letter in the Greek alphabet) as "the end." Sense of "first in a sequence" is from 1620s. Alpha male was in use by c.1960 among scientists studying animals; applied to humans in society from c.1992.

noun beginning

Example sentences :

This is but the Alpha of decency, the first step of progress.
Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy

These are the stars which we call Capricornus and Alpha Lyra.
Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis

The beginning is alpha and omega: the beginning and the end.
Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton

The radio will send back your reports on the Alpha Centaurian planets.
Extract from : « Measure for a Loner » by James Judson Harmon

I don't know where it is, but it's somewhere on Poictesme, or in the Alpha System.
Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Took his finger off the button and there we were: Alpha Centauri.
Extract from : « Accidental Death » by Peter Baily

The Valhalla was on the return leg of a journey to Alpha Centauri.
Extract from : « Starman's Quest » by Robert Silverberg

The child requires training from the Alpha to the Omega of life.
Extract from : « The New Education » by Scott Nearing

This is the Alpha and the Omega—the principle, the potency, and the act—of Mastership.
Extract from : « The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul » by Jirah D. Buck

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