Meaning of letter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. letter (document)
2. A symbol in an alphabet
3. A symbol in an alphabet.
4. One who lets, or lets out.
5. map
6. A written or printed communication, usually defined as longer and more formal than a note. (Sometimes specifically one that is on paper.)
7. A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
8. One who retards or hinders.
   archaic
9. To the last detail; exactly: followed instructions to the letter.
10. menu (list of dishes in a restaurant)
11. The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit)
12. The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).
13. to the letter, to the last particular; precisely.
14. playing card
15. Literature
16. Literature.
    in-plural
17. A written communication directed to another:epistle, missive, note.
18. A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet
19. A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
20. the name and address of a company, a person etc printed at the top of a piece of writing paper. briefhoof ورَقَه يُطْبَع في رأسِها اسْم الشَّرِكَه وعُنْوانها заглавна част на писмо timbre hlavička (dopisu) der Briefkopf brevhoved επικεφαλίδα με στοιχεία εταιρείας, φίρμαmembrete kirjapea, kirjapäis سربرگ kirjelomakkeen otsikko en têteכותר सरनामा zaglavlje pisma cégjelzés, fejléc kepala surat intestazione （便箋上部に印刷した 레터헤드(편지지의 윗머리에 인쇄한 개인, 회사 등의 주소, 이름 등) firminio blanko rekvizitai (vēstuļpapīra...
    etc
21. A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm).
    US, uncountable
22. precisely; according to every detail. He followed his father's instructions to the letter. na die letter, letterlik حَرْفِيّاً прецизно ao pé da letra do písmene haargenau, buchstäblich til punkt og prikke κατά γράμμα al pie de la letra täht-tähelt دقیقاً؛ حرف به حرف tarkasti à la lettre כִּכתָבו וּכִלשוֹנוֹ हूबहू, ज्यों का त्यों, यथातथ्य doslovce szó szerint setepatnya bókstaflega alla lettera 厳密に 글자 그대로 tiksliai, skrupulingai burts burtā; precīzi benar-benar naar de lettertil punkt og prikk...
23. A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
    Canada, uncountable
24. letra; carta;___ opener → abrecartas.
25. Clipping of varsity letter.
    US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
26. A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a component of an alphabet.
27. A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
    dated
28. A written or printed communication directed to a person or organization.
29. often letters A certified document granting rights to its bearer.
30. Literal meaning: had to adhere to the letter of the law.

Equivalents

Examples

“There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.”

“And a superscription also was written ouer him in letters of Greeke, and Latin, & Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE IEWES.”

“I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.”

“The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural.”

“The magician gave this to the young man and said to him,“ Go at such an hour of the night and stand before a pagan tomb and call the demons, and throw the letter into the air, and immediately they will come to you.” And the young man called the devils and threw the letter into the air, and the prince of darkness came,[…]”

“He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.”

“An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.”

“In obedience to humane laws, we muſt obſerve the letter of the Law, where we can without doing violence to the reaſon of the Law and the intention of the Law-giver: but where they croſſe each other, the charity of the Law is to be preferred before its diſcipline, and the reaſon of it before the letter.”

“I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.”

“Some MEPs from some countries may have pocketed £2m more than I have by observing the letter but not the spirit of the rules.”

“Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.”

“Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.”

“Under these, thro’ a garden in which is an ample fountaine, was the King's printing-house, and that famous letter so much esteem’d.”

“the letter of a room”

“a blood-letter”

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