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English noun: letter | |||
| 1. | letter (communication) a written message addressed to a person or organization | ||
| Samples | Mailed an indignant letter to the editor. | ||
| Synonyms | missive | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | document, text, textual matter | ||
| 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 | ||
| Part holonym | address, destination, line, name and address, postscript, PS | ||
| Part meronym | correspondence, mail | ||
| 2. | letter (communication) the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech | ||
| Samples | His grandmother taught him his letters. | ||
| Synonyms | alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | character, grapheme, graphic symbol | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | A, aleph, alpha, ascender, ayin, B, beta, beth, block capital, block letter, C, chi, consonant, D, daleth, delta, descender, digram, digraph, double-u, E, epsilon, eta, ex, ezed, F, G, gamma, gimel, H, he, heth, I, initial, iota, izzard, J, K, kaph, kappa, khi, L, lambda, lamedh, M, mem, mu, N, nu, nun, O, omega, omicron, P, pe, phi, pi, polyphone, polyphonic letter, psi, Q, qoph, R, resh, rho, 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 | ||
| Part meronym | spelling | ||
| Member meronym | alphabet | ||
| 3. | letter (person) owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | owner, proprietor | ||
| 4. | letter (communication) a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention) | ||
| Samples | He followed instructions to the letter. He obeyed the letter of the law. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | literal interpretation | ||
| 5. | letter (communication) an award earned by participation in a school sport | ||
| Samples | He won letters in three sports. | ||
| Synonyms | varsity letter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels | ||
English verb: letter | |||
| 1. | letter (possession) win an athletic letter | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | earn, garner | ||
| 2. | letter (creation) set down or print with letters | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | impress, print | ||
| 3. | letter (creation) mark letters on or mark with letters | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | write | ||
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