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ALL meanings of letter

let·ter
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  • noun letter A character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech; any of the symbols of an alphabet. 1
  • noun letter character in the alphabet 1
  • noun letter written correspondence 1
  • noun letter school sports award 1
  • noun plural letter qualifications 1
  • abbreviation LETTER literature 1
  • noun plural letter being well read 1
  • intransitive verb letter win a sports award 1
  • noun letter a person who lets, especially one who rents out property. 1
  • verb with object letter to mark or write with letters; inscribe. 1
  • verb without object letter to earn a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport: He lettered in track at Harvard. 1
  • idioms letter to the letter, to the last particular; precisely: His orders were carried out to the letter. 1
  • countable noun letter If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post. 0
  • countable noun letter Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language. 0
  • countable noun letter If a student earns a letter in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college. 0
  • verb letter If a student letters in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or college. 0
  • noun letter 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 0
  • noun letter a written or printed communication addressed to a person, company, etc, usually sent by post in an envelope 0
  • noun letter a style of typeface 0
  • verb letter to write or mark letters on (a sign, etc), esp by hand 0
  • verb letter to set down or print using letters 0
  • noun letter a written or printed symbol employed to represent a speech sound or sounds; character in an alphabet: in some languages, as English, some words contain letters that are no longer sounded 0
  • noun letter a written or printed message to a person or group, usually sent by mail in an envelope 0
  • noun letter an official document giving certain authorities or privileges 0
  • noun letter literature generally 0
  • noun letter learning; knowledge, esp. of literature 0
  • noun letter strict interpretation of the literal meaning, or the literal meaning itself; exact wording 0
  • noun letter a cloth representation of the first letter of the name of a school or college, awarded and worn for superior performance in sports, etc. 0
  • noun letter a type, impression, or photographic reproduction of a character of the alphabet 0
  • noun letter a particular style of type 0
  • verb transitive letter to make hand-printed letters on; mark with letters 0
  • verb transitive letter to set down in hand-printed letters 0
  • intransitive verb letter to make hand-printed letters 0
  • intransitive verb letter to earn a school letter as in a sport 0
  • noun letter a person who lets, or rents out, property 0
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