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 Definitions of LETTER  [ˈlɛt ər]  

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Definition of 'LETTER' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) letter
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usu. transmitted by mail.

2.  letter
a symbol or character that is conventionally used in writing and printing to represent a speech sound and is part of an alphabet.

3.  letter
a piece of printing type bearing such a symbol or character.

4.  letter
a particular style of type.

5.  letter
Often, letters. a formal document granting a right or privilege.

6.  letter
actual terms or wording; literal meaning, as distinct from implied meaning or intent
the letter of the law.

7.  letter
letters, (used with a sing. or pl. v.)

8.  letter
literature in general.

9.  letter
the profession of literature.

10.  letter
learning; knowledge, esp. of literature.

11.  letter
an emblem consisting of the initial or monogram of a school, awarded to a student for accomplishment, esp. in athletics.

12. (v.t.) letter
to mark or write with letters; inscribe.

13. (v.i.) letter
to earn a letter in a school activity, esp. a sport.


Definition of 'LETTER' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) letter, missive
a written message addressed to a person or organization
"mailed an indignant letter to the editor"

2. (noun) letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
"his grandmother taught him his letters"

3. (noun) letter
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire

4. (noun) letter
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
"he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law"

5. (verb) letter, varsity letter
an award earned by participation in a school sport
"he won letters in three sports"

6. (verb) letter
win an athletic letter

7. (verb) letter
set down or print with letters

8. (verb) letter
mark letters on or mark with letters


Definition of 'LETTER' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) letter
a message you write and send to sb
My father wrote/sent me a letter.; a letter from her aunt; to mail a letter

2.  letter
one of the written symbols representing the sounds in speech
the letter 'A'; He wrote "NO" in capital letters.

3.  letter
to the letter
exactly
He followed my orders to the letter.


Definition of 'LETTER' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) LETTER
one who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire

2. (noun) LETTER
one who retards or hinders

3. (noun) LETTER
a mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language

4. (noun) LETTER
a written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle

5. (noun) LETTER
a writing; an inscription

6. (noun) LETTER
verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement

7. (noun) LETTER
a single type; type, collectively; a style of type

8. (noun) LETTER
learning; erudition; as, a man of letters

9. (noun) LETTER
a letter; an epistle

10. (verb) LETTER
to impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered


Definition of 'LETTER' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  LETTER
Work consisting of written or printed communication between individuals or between persons and representatives of corporate bodies. The correspondence may be personal or professional. In medical and other scientific publications the letter is usually from one or more authors to the editor of the journal or book publishing the item being commented upon or discussed. LETTER is often accompanied by COMMENT.


Translation of 'LETTER' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a mark expressing a sound
the letters of the alphabet.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: letter Arabic flag Arabic: حَرْف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: буква
Brazilian flag Brazilian: letra Czech flag Czech: písmeno German flag German: der Buchstabe
Danish flag Danish: bogstav Greek flag Greek: γράμμα Spanish flag Spanish: letra
Estonian flag Estonian: täht Farsi flag Farsi: حرف Finnish flag Finnish: kirjain
French flag French: lettre Hebrew flag Hebrew: אוֹת Hindi flag Hindi: अक्षर
Croatian flag Croatian: slovo Hungarian flag Hungarian: betű Indonesian flag Indonesian: huruf
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stafur Italian flag Italian: lettera Japanese flag Japanese: 文字
Korean flag Korean: 글자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: raidė Latvian flag Latvian: burts
Malay flag Malay: huruf Dutch flag Dutch: letter Norwegian flag Norwegian: bokstav
Polish flag Polish: litera Persian flag Persian: حرف Pashto flag Pashto: ټكى،حرف
Portuguese flag Portuguese: letra Romanian flag Romanian: literă Russian flag Russian: буква
Slovak flag Slovak: písmeno Slovenian flag Slovenian: črka Serbian flag Serbian: slovo
Swedish flag Swedish: bokstav Thai flag Thai: ตัวอักษร Turkish flag Turkish: harf
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 字母 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: буква; літера Urdu flag Urdu: حرف
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chữ cái Chinese flag Chinese: 字母

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'LETTER' - Nearby Entries  

letter  letter of credit  lettered  letterer  letterhead  lettering  letterman  



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