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letter
1[ let-er ]
noun
- a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- a symbol or character that is conventionally used in writing and printing to represent a speech sound and that is part of an alphabet.
- a piece of printing type bearing such a symbol or character.
- a particular style of type.
- such types collectively.
- Often letters. a formal document granting a right or privilege.
- actual terms or wording; literal meaning, as distinct from implied meaning or intent ( spirit ):
the letter of the law.
- letters, (used with a singular or plural verb)
- literature in general.
- the profession of literature.
- learning; knowledge, especially of literature.
- an emblem consisting of the initial or monogram of a school, awarded to a student for extracurricular activity, especially in athletics.
verb (used with object)
- to mark or write with letters; inscribe:
I picked up the crossword and lettered in P-E-A-R-L for the final clue.
verb (used without object)
- to earn a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport:
He lettered in track at Harvard.
letter
2[ let-er ]
noun
- a person who lets, especially one who rents out property.
letter
/ ˈ±ôÉ›³ÙÉ™ /
noun
- any of a set of conventional symbols used in writing or printing a language, each symbol being associated with a group of phonetic values in the language; character of the alphabet
- a written or printed communication addressed to a person, company, etc, usually sent by post in an envelope epistolary
- the letterthe strict legalistic or pedantic interpretation of the meaning of an agreement, document, etc; exact wording as distinct from actual intention (esp in the phrase the letter of the law ) Compare spirit 1
- archaic.printing a style of typeface
a fancy letter
- to the letter
- following the literal interpretation or wording exactly
- attending to every detail
verb
- to write or mark letters on (a sign, etc), esp by hand
- tr to set down or print using letters
Derived Forms
- ˈ±ô±ð³Ù³Ù±ð°ù±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ô±ð³Ùt±ð°ù·±ð°ù noun
- ±ô±ð³Ùt±ð°ù·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of letter1
Origin of letter2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of letter1
Idioms and Phrases
- to the letter, to the last particular; precisely:
His orders were carried out to the letter.
More idioms and phrases containing letter
In addition to the idiom beginning with letter , also see bread and butter letter ; crank call (letter) ; dead letter ; four-letter word ; poison-pen letter ; red-letter day ; to the letter .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
When Megan Ross was 14 years old, she opened some letters her dad had sent her from prison.
Buoyed by the loyalty of his supporters, Yoon wrote in a letter to them in January that it was only after being impeached that he "felt like a president".
Hannah Robinson, 21, was among those to be caught out and received hundreds of letters demanding money, as well as repeated phone calls.
She remembers receiving another "lovely letter" from a cousin at the time who told her, "Oh don't worry, you're still part of the family".
In his letter, Mr Russell said the UK was "going backwards on online safety".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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