letter

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noun

Plural noun:

letterslettrelettor

1.
A symbol in an alphabet.
There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
2.
A written or printed communication, usually defined as longer and more formal than a note. (Sometimes specifically one that is on paper.)
I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
3.
The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).
4.
(in plural)(in the plural) Literature.
Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
5.
(law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.
6.
(US, uncountable)A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm).
Đồng nghĩa: short bond paper
7.
(Canada, uncountable)A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
8.
(US, abbreviation, alt of, clipping)(US, scholastic) Clipping of varsity letter.
9.
(dated)(printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
10.
One who lets, or lets out.
the letter of a room
a blood-letter
11.
(archaic)One who retards or hinders.
12.
(alt of, alternative, obsolete)Alternative form of litter.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

letters

V_ing/Gerund

lettering

V_ed/pp

letteredlettre

1.
(transitive)To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
2.
(US, intransitive)(intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).

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short bond paperbookstaffbookstaveltrbookstaff, ltr abbreviation

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Latin littera (letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle). bōcstæf in sense 1 and ǣrendġewrit in sense 2.