Letter (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
  2. a symbol or character that is conventionally used in writing and printing to represent a speech sound and that is part of an alphabet.
  3. a piece of printing type bearing such a symbol or character.
  4. a particular style of type.
  5. such types collectively.
  6. a formal document granting a right or privilege.
  7. actual terms or wording; literal meaning, as distinct from implied meaning or intent (opposed to spirit): the letter of the law.
  8. letters, (used with a singular or plural verb)
    • literature in general.
    • the profession of literature.
    • learning; knowledge, especially of literature.
  9. 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)
  1. 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)
  1. to earn a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport: He lettered in track at Harvard.
Idioms
  1. to the last particular; precisely: His orders were carried out to the letter.
noun Chiefly British.
  1. a person who lets, especially one who rents out property.
noun
  1. 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
  2. a written or printed communication addressed to a person, company, etc, usually sent by post in an envelope
  3. the 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)
  4. a style of typeface
  5. to the letter
    • following the literal interpretation or wording exactly
    • attending to every detail
verb
  1. to write or mark letters on (a sign, etc), esp by hand
  2. to set down or print using letters
Letter (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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