LETTER

Letter

A letter is a grapheme in an alphabetic system of writing, such as the Greek alphabet and its descendants. Letters compose phonemes and each phoneme represents a phone in the spoken form of the language. Letters also appear in abjads .

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letter

Noun

  1. A symbol in an alphabet.
  2. A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
  3. Literal meaning.
  4. Literature.
  5. A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
  6. A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
  7. A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. One who lets, or lets out.
    the letter of a room
    a blood-letter
  2. One who retards or hinders.

Verb

  1. to print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
  2. To earn a varsity letter (award).


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