Letters
/ˈlɛtɚz/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of letter form-of, plural
- 2 Literature (school subject).
"Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago."
- 3 the literary culture wordnet
- 4 The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge).
"Though architecture in ancient Rome was not generally considered to belong to the artes liberales, Vitruvius easily qualified as a man of letters because of his wide learning."
- 5 scholarly attainment wordnet
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of letter form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Example
More examples"I was rereading the letters you sent to me."