letters

Meanings

Noun

• the literary culture
  • "this book shows American letters at its best"
• scholarly attainment
  • "he is a man of letters"
• a written message addressed to a person or organization
• the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  • "his grandmother taught him his letters"
• owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
• a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
• an award earned by participation in a school sport
  • "he won letters in three sports"
• plural of letter
• Literature (school subject).
• The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge).

Verb

• win an athletic letter
• set down or print with letters
• mark letters on or mark with letters
• third-person singular simple present indicative of letter

Synonyms

alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet, missive, varsity letter