Letters

//ˈlɛtɚz// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·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

Synonyms

account airmail alphabet alphabetics ancient literature annals

Example

"I was rereading the letters you sent to me."

Related phrases

arts and letters letters patent man of letters woman of letters

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