Definition of
Letter
- (noun, communication) a written message addressed to a person or organization
- (noun, communication) the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
- (noun, person) owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
- (noun, communication) a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
he obeyed the letter of the law - (noun, communication) an award earned by participation in a school sport
- (verb, possession) win an athletic letter
- (verb, creation) set down or print with letters
- (verb, creation) mark letters on or mark with letters
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Synonyms of Letter
alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, missive, varsity letter
Alternate forms of Letter
Derivations: let, letter, letterer
Hyponyms: a, aerogram, aerogramme, air letter, airmail letter, aleph, alpha, ascender, ayin, b, beta, beth, block capital, block letter, business letter, c, chain letter, chi, consonant, cover letter, covering letter, crank letter, d, daleth, dead letter, dead mail, delta, descender, digram, digraph, double-u, e, encyclical, encyclical letter, epistle, epsilon, eta, ex, ezed, f, fan letter, form letter, g, gamma, gimel, h, he, heth, i, initial, invitation, iota, izzard, j, k, kaph, kappa, khi, l, lambda, lamedh, letter of intent, m, mem, mu, n, nu, nun, o, omega, omicron, open letter, p, pastoral, pe, personal letter, phi, pi, polyphone, polyphonic letter, psi, q, qoph, r, resh, rho, round robin, s, sadhe, samekh, shin, sigma, sin, t, tau, taw, teth, theta, u, upsilon, v, vowel, w, waw, wye, x, xi, y, yodh, z, zayin, zed, zee, zeta
Hypernyms: accolade, award, character, document, earn, garner, grapheme, graphic symbol, honor, honour, impress, laurels, literal interpretation, owner, print, proprietor, text, textual matter, write
Origin of the word Letter
- mid-12c., "graphic symbol, written character," from O.Fr. lettre, from L. littera (also litera) "letter of the alphabet," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Gk. diphthera "tablet," with change of d- to l- as in lachrymose. In this sense it replaced O.E. bocst?f, lit. "book staff" (cf. Ger. Buchstabe "letter, character," fro… more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Letter
la tour, ladder, later, lather, lathery, latria, latter, laudator, laudatory, lauder, lead ore, lead tree, leader, leather, leathery, letterer, lidar, liter, literary, lithia water, litre, litter, litterer, littre, loader, loather, loiter, loiterer, looter, lothario, lottery, low water, luther, luthier, lutra
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