Letters
/ˈlɛtəz/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:8 pts7 letters
Definition of Letters
noun
- A symbol in an alphabet.
"There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet."
- A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
"I wrote a letter to my sister about my life."
- The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (often contrasted with the spirit).
- (plural) Literature.
"Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters."
- A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
verb
noun
- 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."
- 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."
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