letter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a written message addressed to a person or organization
mailed an indignant letter to the editor
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
win an athletic letter
Types & categories
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Sense 3 noun
the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
his grandmother taught him his letters
Types & categories
- grapheme
- ascender
- descender
- digraph
- initial
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- r
- S
- T
- U
- V
- double-u
- X
- wye
- zee
- alpha
- beta
- gamma
- delta
- epsilon
- zeta
- eta
- theta
- iota
- kappa
- lambda
- mu
- nu
- xi
- omicron
- pi
- rho
- sigma
- tau
- upsilon
- phi
- khi
- psi
- omega
- aleph
- beth
- gimel
- daleth
- he
- waw
- zayin
- heth
- teth
- yodh
- kaph
- lamedh
- mem
- nun
- samekh
- ayin
- pe
- sadhe
- qoph
- resh
- sin
- shin
- taw
- polyphone
- block letter
- vowel
- consonant
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
set down or print with letters
Types & categories
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Sense 5 noun
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
Types & categories
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Sense 6 verb
mark letters on or mark with letters
Types & categories
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Sense 7 noun
a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)
he followed instructions to the letter
Types & categories
Sense 8 noun
an award earned by participation in a school sport
he won letters in three sports
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | correspondence |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | postscript |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | name and address |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | line |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | document |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | text |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | business letter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | covering letter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crank letter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | encyclical |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fan letter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | personal letter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | form letter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | open letter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chain letter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pastoral |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | round robin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | airmail letter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | epistle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dead mail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | letter of intent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | invitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | varsity letter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | garner |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | letter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | letter |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | alphabet |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | spelling |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | grapheme |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ascender |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | descender |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | digraph |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | initial |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | A |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | B |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | C |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | D |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | E |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | F |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | G |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | H |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | I |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | J |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | K |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | L |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | M |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | N |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | O |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | P |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Q |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | r |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | S |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | T |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | U |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | V |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | double-u |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | X |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wye |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | zee |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | alpha |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | beta |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gamma |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | delta |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | epsilon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | zeta |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eta |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | theta |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | iota |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | kappa |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lambda |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mu |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nu |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | xi |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | omicron |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pi |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rho |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sigma |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tau |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | upsilon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | phi |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | khi |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | psi |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | omega |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | aleph |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | beth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gimel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | daleth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | he |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | waw |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | zayin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | heth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | teth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | yodh |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | kaph |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lamedh |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | mem |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nun |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | samekh |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ayin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pe |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sadhe |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | qoph |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | resh |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | taw |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | polyphone |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | block letter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vowel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | consonant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | letter of the alphabet |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | letterer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | owner |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | letter of the alphabet |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | letterer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | write |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | literal interpretation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | letter |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | honor |