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A symbol in an alphabet.
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There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
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A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
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I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
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The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (often contrasted with the spirit).
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(plural) Literature.
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Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
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A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
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A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm).
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A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
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A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.