Arranging Words in English Dictionary Order

The task is to arrange the given English words in the order they would appear in a standard English dictionary. This follows alphabetical order, comparing words letter by letter from the beginning.

List of Words:

• 1. Anger
• 2. Analogy
• 3. Animate
• 4. Anchor
• 5. Anarchy

Dictionary Ordering Steps:

We compare the words based on their letters from left to right.

Step 1: Compare the first letter.

All words start with 'A'. So, we move to the second letter.

Step 2: Compare the second letter.

All words start with 'An'. We move to the third letter.

Step 3: Compare the third letter.

• Anger: g
• Analogy: a
• Animate: i
• Anchor: c
• Anarchy: a

Alphabetically, the third letters are ordered as: 'a', 'a', 'c', 'g', 'i'.

This means the words starting with 'Ana' (Analogy and Anarchy) come first, followed by the word starting with 'Anc' (Anchor), then 'Ang' (Anger), and finally 'Ani' (Animate).

Step 4: Resolve ties using the fourth letter.

We have two words starting with 'Ana': Analogy (2) and Anarchy (5). We need to compare their fourth letters:

• Analogy: Fourth letter is l
• Anarchy: Fourth letter is r

Since 'l' comes before 'r' in the alphabet, Analogy (2) comes before Anarchy (5).

Step 5: Final Arrangement

Combining the comparisons, the final dictionary order is:

1. Analogy (Word 2) - Starts with 'Anal...'
2. Anarchy (Word 5) - Starts with 'Anar...'
3. Anchor (Word 4) - Starts with 'Anc...'
4. Anger (Word 1) - Starts with 'Ang...'
5. Animate (Word 3) - Starts with 'Ani...'

Therefore, the correct sequence representing the dictionary order is 2, 5, 4, 1, 3.

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