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Meaning of letter in English

Examples of letter

letter

Let us explore the figures and the letters, as morphemes-and-graphemes of sense, visual text.

He went on to give examples, adding to those he had discussed in previous letters.

Does the fact that letters precede mimesis make them an exception to its order?

In the text the closing reference to "dead letters" can be read as preceding both specular and figurative models.

In the accidental juxtaposition of these two letters, an important connection may stand revealed.

One-half of the pairs were identical, and one-half were different because of a change in one of the letters or line segments.

Without a fixed standard of pronunciation, people before the introduction of letters pronounced their words in innumerably different ways.

Other letters were written by pastors sent out in response to such requests, reporting their progress and appealing for further help.

By late summer 1798, he had found enough letters to make a prominent feature of them in the edition.

There were seventeen, none of which had ever been published before; they comprised the largest single collection of the poet's letters he would ever find.

The second volume, however, had a number of letters as well as an unfinished play to make the required length.

Initially, an entry in a reading lexicon which matches the sequence of letters that one has detected is located.

Another patient could name letters but could not sound them out, suggesting a problem at the level of grapheme to phoneme assignment.

The letters are first" parsed" into their appropriate graphemic units.

The editor reserves the right to shorten letters.

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Collocations with letter

These are words often used in combination with letter.

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angry letter

I have not had one single angry letter, or not angry letter, from any organisation about my amendments since they were tabled, which was quite a long time ago.

bold letters

The most important addition is the insertion of short highlights and conclusions in bold letters throughout the text, on almost every page.

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Translations of letter

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carta, letra, carta [feminine…

in Portuguese

carta [feminine], letra [feminine]…

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lettre [feminine], lettre…

ஒரு நபரிடமிருந்து இன்னொருவருக்கு எழுதப்பட்ட செய்தி, வழக்கமாக ஒரு உறை போட்டு தபால் மூலம் அனுப்பப்படும், ஒரு மொழியை எழுத பயன்படும் சின்னங்களின் தொகுப்பில் ஏதேனும்…

der Buchstabe, der Brief…

brev [neuter], bokstav [masculine], bokstav…

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