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letter (n.)
1.a written message addressed to a person or organization"mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
2.an award earned by participation in a school sport"he won letters in three sports"
3.the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech"his grandmother taught him his letters"
4.a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)"he followed instructions to the letter" "he obeyed the letter of the law"
5.owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
letter (v.)
1.mark letters on or mark with letters
2.set down or print with letters
3.win an athletic letter
Letter (n.)
1.(MeSH)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.
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Merriam Webster
LetterLet"ter (lĕt"tẽr), n. [From Let to permit.] One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
LetterLet"ter, n. [From Let to hinder.] One who retards or hinders. [Archaic.]
LetterLet"ter, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L. littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing, literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered with wax. Pliny, xiii. 11. See Liniment, and cf. Literal.]
1. 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.
And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. Luke xxiii. 38.
2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.
The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural. Walsh.
3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.]
None could expound what this letter meant. Chaucer.
4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement.
We must observe the letter of the law, without doing violence to the reason of the law and the intention of the lawgiver. Jer. Taylor.
I broke the letter of it to keep the sense. Tennyson.
5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing house, and that famous letter so much esteemed. Evelyn.
6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.
7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
8. (Teleg.) A telegram longer than an ordinary message sent at rates lower than the standard message rate in consideration of its being sent and delivered subject to priority in service of regular messages. Such telegrams are called by the Western Union Company day letters, or night letters according to the time of sending, and by The Postal Telegraph Company day lettergrams, or night lettergrams.
Dead letter, Drop letter, etc. See under Dead, Drop, etc. -- Letter book, a book in which copies of letters are kept. -- Letter box, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed or delivered. -- Letter carrier, a person who carries letters; a postman; specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects letters to be mailed. -- Letter cutter, one who engraves letters or letter punches. -- Letter lock, a lock that can not be opened when fastened, unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a part of it are in such a position (indicated by a particular combination of the letters) as to permit the bolt to be withdrawn.
LetterLet"ter (lĕt"tẽr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lettered (-tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lettering.] To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered.
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letter (n.)
acknowledgment, alphabetic character, character, chit, communication, dispatch, epistle, letter of the alphabet, mail, memorandum, message, note, report, stamp, symbol, varsity letter, vowel, write, missive (literary)
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letter (v.)
letter (n.)
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Letter (n.) [MeSH]
Publication Components - Ephemera - Publication Formats[Hyper.]
Collected Correspondence[Analogie]
letter (n.)
letter; missive[ClasseHyper.]
document - text, textual matter[Hyper.]
mail - correspondence[Desc]
letter (n.)
accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels[Hyper.]
letter[Dérivé]
letter (n.)
lettre de l'alphabet (fr)[ClasseHyper.]
character; sign; mark; glyph[Classe]
élément de la structure du mot (fr)[Classe]
imprimerie (fr)[termes liés]
son et graphie alphabétique (fr)[termes liés]
écriture de l'alphabet (fr)[termes liés]
letter (n.)
literal interpretation - interpretation[Hyper.]
letter (n.)
proprietor[Hyper.]
lease, let, rent[Dérivé]
letter (v.)
letter (v.)
letter (v.)
earn, garner[Hyper.]
letter, varsity letter[Dérivé]
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