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1. (n.) literature
writing in prose or verse regarded as having permanent worth through its intrinsic excellence.
2. literature
the entire body of writings of a specific language, period, people, etc.
3. literature
the writings dealing with a particular subject.
4. literature
the profession of a writer or author.
5. literature
literary work or production.
6. literature
any kind of printed material, as circulars, leaflets, or handbills.
7. literature
Archaic. literary culture; appreciation of letters and books.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L litterātūra writing, basic education, literature)
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| Definition of 'Literature' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) literature
creative writing of recognized artistic value
2. (noun) literature, lit
the humanistic study of a body of literature
"he took a course in Russian lit"
3. (noun) literature
published writings in a particular style on a particular subject
"the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature"
4. (noun) literature
the profession or art of a writer
"her place in literature is secure"
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1. (noun) literature
books, poems, writing, etc. considered as an art form
French literature; children's literature
2. literature
information about sth
Do you have any literature about your organization?
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| Definition of 'Literature' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Literature
learning; acquaintance with letters or books
2. (noun) Literature
the collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry
3. (noun) Literature
the class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres
4. (noun) Literature
the occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work
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| Definitions of 'Literature' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Literature
defined by Carlyle "as an 'apocalypse of nature,' a revealing of the 'open secret,' a 'continuous revelation' of the God-like in the terrestrial and common, which ever endures there, and is brought out now in this dialect, now in that, with various degrees of clearness ... there being touches of it (i. e. the God-like) in the dark stormful indignation of a Byron, nay, in the withered mockery of a French sceptic, his mockery of the false, a love and worship of the true ... how much more in the sphere harmony of a Shakespeare, the cathedral music of a Milton; something of it too in those humble, genuine, lark-notes of a Burns, skylark starting from the humble furrow far overhead into the blue depths, and singing to us so genuinely there."
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Literature
The art of saying a thing by saying something else just as good.
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| Definition of 'Literature' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Literature
Writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest. The body of written works produced in a particular language, country, or age. (Webster, 3d ed)
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Sense: poems, novels, plays etc in verse or prose, especially if of fine quality.
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 Afrikaans: literatuur |
 Arabic: أدَب |
 Bulgarian: литература |
 Brazilian: literatura |
 Czech: literatura |
 German: die Literatur |
 Danish: litteratur |
 Greek: λογοτεχνία |
 Spanish: literatura |
 Estonian: kirjandus |
 Farsi: ادبیات |
 Finnish: kaunokirjallisuus |
 French: littérature |
 Hebrew: סַפרוּת |
 Hindi: साहित्य |
 Croatian: književnost |
 Hungarian: irodalom |
 Indonesian: sastra |
 Icelandic: bókmenntir |
 Italian: letteratura |
 Japanese: 文学 |
 Korean: 문학 |
 Lithuanian: literatūra |
 Latvian: literatūra |
 Malay: karya sastera |
 Dutch: literatuur |
 Norwegian: litteratur |
 Polish: literatura |
 Persian: ادبیات |
 Pashto: ادبيات،ادب پوهنه |
 Portuguese: literatura |
 Romanian: literatură |
 Russian: художественная литература |
 Slovak: literatúra |
 Slovenian: književnost |
 Serbian: književnost |
 Swedish: litteratur |
 Thai: วรรณคดี |
 Turkish: edebiyat |
 Taiwanese: 文學作品 |
 Ukrainian: література |
 Urdu: ادب |
 Vietnamese: văn học |
 Chinese: 文学作品 |
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