lettered

1. 1
   adjective

   Having letters printed or written on it.

   Like a row of mailboxes, each one marked with a letter.

   Each lettered box held a different set of keys.

   The shelves were clearly lettered so workers could find parts fast.

   Similarlabeled, marked

   Oppositeunmarked, blank

2. 2
   adjective

   Well educated, often with a college degree.

   Like someone who has read many books and studied for years in school.

   She came from a lettered family where everyone went to college.

   He was the most lettered person in the small village.

   Similareducated, learned, erudite, scholarly, cultured

   Oppositeuneducated, ignorant, unschooled, unlettered

3. 3
   adjective

   Able to read and write.

   Like knowing how to read a sign instead of just guessing what it says.

   Only a few lettered villagers could read the king's notice aloud.

   Her grandmother was lettered, unlike most people of her time.

   Similarliterate

   Oppositeilliterate, unlettered

4. 4
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of letter. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

   She lettered the sign by hand last weekend.

   He lettered all the storage jars before filling them.

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5. 5
   adjective

   Having marks or spots that look like letters.

   Like seeing shapes in the clouds, except the spots look like letters.

   The lettered shell had marks that looked like tiny written words.

   Children collected lettered seashells along the beach all morning.

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