Look up: letter

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   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 school sport 5. [n] - a written message addressed to a person or organization 6. [v] - win an athletic letter, in sports 7. [v] - set down or print with letters 8. [v] - mark letters on or mark with letters
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   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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   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 administrations sometimes refer to the UPU definition which covers all postal communications weighing up to 2kg <...
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   Letter
   Let'ter (lĕt'tẽr) noun [ From Let to permit.] One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/32
   
   
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   Letter
   Let'ter noun [ From Let to hinder.] One who retards or hinders. [ Archaic.]
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   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 or rub over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered with wax. Pliny, xiii. ...
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   Letter
   Let'ter (lĕt'tẽr) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lettered (-tẽrd); present participle & verbal noun Lettering .] To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered .
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   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 Western Union Company day, or night, letters according to the time of sending, and by The Postal Telegraph Company day, or night, lettergr ...
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   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 publishing the item being commented upon or discussed. L ...
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    letter
    missive noun a written message addressed to a person or organization; `mailed an indignant letter to the editor`
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    letter
    noun owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
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    verb mark letters on or mark with letters
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    verb win an athletic letter
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    alphabetic character noun the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; `his grandmother taught him his letters`
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    noun an award earned by participation in a school sport; `he won letters in three sports`
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    Letter
    A `letter` is a written message from one person to another. The role of letters in communication has changed significantly since the 19th century. Historically, letters were the only reliable means of communication between two persons in different locations. As communication technology has diversified, letters have become less important as routine communication. The development of the telegraph, telephone, fax and the Internet have all had an im...
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    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 epistle. • (n.) A mark or character used as the...
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    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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    (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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    (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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    letter
    letter: see alphabet.
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