- present tense form of letter (3rd person singular).
letters
Britishnoun
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literary knowledge, ability, or learning
a man of letters
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literary culture in general
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an official title, degree, etc, indicated by an abbreviation
letters after one's name
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Nowhere is this more apparent than in his letters to Zola, who defended Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish-French army officer falsely accused of selling military secrets to the Germans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
As the top Democrat on the committee over the last two years, Warren and her staffers have written hundreds of letters to companies demanding answers to thousands of questions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Royal Mail has launched an investigation after "hundreds" of undelivered letters were "discarded" on a country road.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
For example, a child needs to identify the separate sounds within a word to understand how those sounds correspond to written letters.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Throughout the spring of 1850, Greeley’s Weekly Tribune published a barrage of letters about mediumship and spirit communications.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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