English noun: literature | |||
1. | literature (communication) creative writing of recognized artistic value | ||
Broader (hypernym) | piece of writing, writing, written material | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Sanskrit literature | ||
Domain category members | carved, carven, copyrighted, deconstruction, deconstructionism, editing, filmable, flash-forward, flashback, gothic, lit, literature, literature, literature, longueur, redaction, republication, rosebud, steed, tempest, tension | ||
2. | literature (cognition) the humanistic study of a body of literature | ||
Samples | He took a course in Russian lit. | ||
Synonyms | lit | ||
Broader (hypernym) | literary study | ||
Domain category | literature | ||
3. | literature (communication) published writings in a particular style on a particular subject | ||
Samples | The technical literature. One aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | piece of writing, writing, written material | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | historiography | ||
Domain category | literature | ||
4. | literature (act) the profession or art of a writer | ||
Samples | Her place in literature is secure. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | profession | ||
Domain category | literature | ||