A to Z

A to Z

See also: a to z and from A to Z

English

Alternative forms

• a to z

Noun

A to Z (countable and uncountable, plural A to Zs)

1. (British) Any of a set of street maps of most British towns and cities; properly the Geographer's A–Z Street Atlas.

   I always keep a small set of A to Zs in the car.

2. (uncountable) All facts related to a subject
   • 1994, Theresa Funiciello, Tyranny of Kindness‎, →ISBN, page 61:

     They arrived laden with government reports, books, and assorted papers on the A to Z of welfare […]

3. (often in titles) An encyclopedic or comprehensive guide.[1]

   The A to Z of Typesetting

Adverb

A to Z (not comparable)

1. Alphabetical order; lexical order.

   The listings run A to Z.

2. From beginning to the end.
3. Over the entirety; completely.

Synonyms

• alpha to omega
• from A to Z
• from aardvark to zymurgy

Translations

Alphabetical order

Estonian: A-st Y-ni Swedish: A till Ö

References

1. Brown, Lesley (2003)

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “A to Z”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.