Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
letter . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
letter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun scholarly attainment
- noun the literary culture
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Examples
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Unfortunately, the VWPL doesn't have the letters in question. *trots off to find the relevant letters*
Unexpected correspondence (or: one learns something new, etc.)
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Unfortunately, the VWPL doesn't have the letters in question. *trots off to find the relevant letters*
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Give the name and the sound of each of the letters in the three following words: _letters, name, sound_.
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Give the name and the sound of each of the letters in the three following words: _letters, name, sound_.
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_ We talked about letters yesterday: to-day I will explain figures or numbers to you, the following is a list of them: those letters which stand for numbers are called _numeral letters_.
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Give the name and the sound of each of the letters in the three following words: _letters, name, sound_.
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Now, I grant that, generally, the major includes the minor; and a man's being able to read is _prima facie_ evidence that he knows his letters; yet it is possible that the modern many-times-great-grandson may indulge in as much laxity respecting _letters_, as his ancestor did with regard to _words_.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 460 Volume 18, New Series, October 23, 1852
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BUT this refined jargon, which has infested letters and tainted morals, is chiefly admired and adopted by _young ladies_ of a certain turn, who read _sentimental books_, write _sentimental letters_, and contract
Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies
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All your letters, _my dear letters_, are so entertaining! and which paint so clearly what you are after, that they give me either the greatest pleasure or pain.
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It was probably this use of _mart_ that led so many authors to use letters of mart, instead of marque, supposing it to mean _letters of war_.
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