Look up: letter

1. Letter
   [alphabet] 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 (sound) in the spoken form of the language. Written signs in other writing systems are best called syllabograms (...
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2. Letter
   [paper size] Letter or US Letter is the most common paper size for office use in several countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, the Philippines, and Chile. It measures 8.5 by 11 inches (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm). Ronald Reagan made this the paper si...
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3. letter
   [n] - owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire 2. [n] - a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention) 3. [n] - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech 4. [n] - an award earned by participation in a sch...
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4. letter
   Written or printed message, chiefly a personal communication. Letters are valuable as reflections of social conditions and of literary and political life. Legally, ownership of a letter (as a...
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5. letter
   there is no single definition: users mean an individual readable communication which can be sent by different means, referring to the personal or business affairs of the sender and/or the addressee; in the sense of the letter mail which includes printed papers and small packets, postal administratio...
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6. Letter
   Let'ter (lĕt'tẽr) noun [ From Let to permit.] One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
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7. Letter
   Let'ter noun [ From Let to hinder.] One who retards or hinders. [ Archaic.]
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8. Letter
   Let'ter noun [ Middle English lettre , French lettre , Old French letre , from Latin littera , litera , a letter; plural, an epistle, a writing, literature, from linere , litum , to besmear, to spread o...
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9. Letter
   Let'ter (lĕt'tẽr) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lettered (-tẽrd); present participle & verbal noun Lettering .] To impress with letters; to mark with let...
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10. Letter
    Let'ter noun (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 ...
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11. letter
    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 publis...
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12. letter
    missive noun a written message addressed to a person or organization; `mailed an indignant letter to the editor`
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13. letter
    noun owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
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14. letter
    verb mark letters on or mark with letters
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15. letter
    verb win an athletic letter
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16. letter
    alphabetic character noun the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; `his grandmother taught him his letters`
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17. letter
    noun an award earned by participation in a school sport; `he won letters in three sports`
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18. Letter
    • (n.) A writing; an inscription. • (n.) A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle. • (n.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type. • (n.) A letter; an ep...
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19. letter
    (from the article `cryptology`) A code is simply an unvarying rule for replacing a piece of information (e.g., letter, word, or phrase) with another object, but not necessarily of ...
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20. letter
    (from the article `Latin literature`) The idea of comparing Romans with foreigners was taken up by Cornelius Nepos, a friend of Cicero and Catullus. Of his De viris illustribus all that ... ...its poetry, though there was a wealth of diaries and memoirs. Outstanding were the memoirs of Jan Chryzostom Pasek, a country squire and soldier....
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21. letter
    (from the article `postal system`) The raw material of the postal services, always a single object that demands individual treatment, is something sent by one person (or entity) to ...
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22. Letter
    [message] A letter is a written message containing information from one party to another. The role of letters in communication has changed significantly since the nineteenth century. Historically, letters (in paper form) were the only reliable means of communication between two persons in di...
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23. letter
    letter: see alphabet.
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24. letter
    Written or printed message, chiefly a personal communication. Letters are valuable as reflections of social conditions and of literary and political life. Legally, ownership of a letter (as a document) passes to the recipient, but the copyright remains with the writer. Outstanding examples include: Ancient Cicero (Roman), Pliny the Younger (Rom...
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