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Sounds | leh'ter |
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Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 621 more rhymes in ter at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A written message addressed to a person or organization. |
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Examples | "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" |
Synonyms | missive |
Part of | mail; correspondence |
Parts | postscript, PS; address, destination, name and address; line |
Narrower | business letter; covering letter, cover letter; crank letter; encyclical, encyclical letter; fan letter; personal letter; form letter; open letter; chain letter; pastoral; round robin; airmail letter, air letter, aerogram, aerogramme; epistle; dead letter, dead mail; letter of intent; invitation |
Broader | document; text, textual matter |
Meaning | The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech. |
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Examples | "his grandmother taught him his letters" |
Synonyms | letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character |
Member of | alphabet |
Part of | spelling |
Narrower | ascender; descender; digraph; initial; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W, double-u; X; Y; Z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard; alpha; beta; gamma; delta; epsilon; zeta; eta; theta; iota; kappa; lambda; mu; nu; xi; omicron; pi; rho; sigma; tau; upsilon; phi; chi, khi; psi; omega; aleph; beth; gimel; daleth; he; waw; zayin; heth; teth; yodh; kaph; lamedh; mem; nun; samekh; ayin; pe; sadhe; qoph; resh; sin; shin; taw; polyphone, polyphonic letter; block letter, block capital; vowel; consonant |
Broader | character, grapheme, graphic symbol |
Verbs | letter; letter |
Meaning | A strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention). |
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Examples | "he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law" |
Broader | literal interpretation |
Meaning | An award earned by participation in a school sport. |
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Examples | "he won letters in three sports" |
Synonyms | varsity letter |
Broader | award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels |
Verbs | letter |
Meaning | Owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire. |
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Broader | owner, proprietor |
Verbs | let |
Meaning | Win an athletic letter. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Broader | earn, garner |
Nouns | letter |
Meaning | Set down or print with letters. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | print, impress |
Nouns | letterer; letter |
Meaning | Mark letters on or mark with letters. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | write |
Nouns | letterer; letter |