# letters

Pronunciation: US say "LET-urz" /ˈlɛtɚz/; UK say "LET-uhz" /ˈlɛtəz/

## Noun

1. Plural of letter. — plural of letter
   - Simple: Plural of letter. Use this form when you mean more than one letter.
   - _The store's sign was missing several letters after the storm._
   - _He kept all her old letters in a wooden box._
2. The liberal arts and humanities; the broad cultural knowledge gained through study and reading.
   - Simple: Knowledge of books, the arts, and history, gained through wide reading.
   - _He devoted his life to letters, reading widely in history and philosophy._
   - _The academy was founded to promote letters across the young nation._
3. Literature studied as an academic subject; the formal study of written creative works.
   - Simple: The study of written stories, poems, and plays as a school subject.
   - _He earned his degree in letters before becoming an editor._
   - _The faculty of letters offered courses in poetry, drama, and the novel._

## Verb

4. Third-person singular simple present indicative of letter. — third-person singular simple present indicative of letter
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of letter. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The artist letters every poster herself before the show opens._
   - _A craftsman letters the gravestones in careful Roman capitals._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/letters (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).