English noun: missive |
1. | missive (communication) a written message addressed to a person or organization |
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| Samples | Mailed an indignant letter to the editor.
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| Synonyms | letter |
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| Broader (hypernym) | document, text, textual matter |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aerogram, aerogramme, air letter, airmail letter, business letter, chain letter, cover letter, covering letter, crank letter, dead letter, dead mail, encyclical, encyclical letter, epistle, fan letter, form letter, invitation, letter of intent, open letter, pastoral, personal letter, round robin |
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| Part holonym | address, destination, line, name and address, postscript, PS |
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| Part meronym | correspondence, mail |
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