letter

Các nghĩa

1. chữ cái · kí tự

   A symbol in an alphabet.

   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.

2. người cho thuê

   A written or printed communication, usually defined as longer and more formal than a note. (Sometimes specifically one that is on paper.)

   I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.

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

3. The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).

   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.

4. Literature.

   in-plural

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

5. A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.

   Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.

6. A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm).

   us · uncountable

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• letters plural