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- [let-er]
- /ˈlɛt ər/
- /ˈletə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [let-er]
- /ˈlɛt ər/
Definitions of letter word
- noun letter a person who lets, especially one who rents out property. 1
- verb with object letter to mark or write with letters; inscribe. 1
- verb without object letter to earn a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport: He lettered in track at Harvard. 1
- idioms letter to the letter, to the last particular; precisely: His orders were carried out to the letter. 1
- noun letter A character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech; any of the symbols of an alphabet. 1
- noun letter character in the alphabet 1
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Origin of letter
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English, variant of lettre < Old French < Latin littera alphabetic character, in plural, epistle, literature
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Parts of speech for Letter
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
letter popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
letter usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for letter
noun letter
- sign — a token; indication.
- alphabet — An alphabet is a set of letters usually presented in a fixed order which is used for writing the words of a particular language or group of languages.
- cap — A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys.
- character — The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
- minuscule — very small.
verb letter
- blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- dash off — If you dash off to a place, you go there very quickly.
- typewrite — use a typewriter
- pencil — a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
- x — the 24th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
Antonyms for letter
noun letter
- number — one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals.
- speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
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