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letter
A	noun
	1	letter, missive
			a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚matter ╚text; textual matter ╚letter, missive ╚pastoral ╚chain letter ╚open letter ╚form letter ╚personal letter ╚fan letter ╚encyclical; encyclical letter ╚crank letter ╚covering letter; cover letter ╚business letter
	2	letter, varsity letter
			an award earned by participation in a school sport; "he won letters in three sports"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚symbol ╚award; accolade; honor; honour; laurels ╚letter, varsity letter
	3	letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
			the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚symbol ╚written symbol; printed symbol ╚character; grapheme; graphic symbol ╚letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character ╚E ╚D ╚C ╚B ╚A ╚initial ╚digraph ╚descender ╚ascender
	4	letter
			a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention); "he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚explanation; account ╚interpretation ╚literal interpretation ╚letter
	5	letter
			owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚capitalist ╚businessperson; bourgeois ╚businessman; man of affairs ╚owner; proprietor ╚letter
B	verb
	1	letter
			mark letters on or mark with letters
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚mark ╚trace; draw; line; describe; delineate ╚write ╚letter
	2	letter
			set down or print with letters
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚mark ╚trace; draw; line; describe; delineate ╚write ╚print; impress ╚letter
	3	letter
			win an athletic letter
		Category Tree: get; acquire ╚earn; garner ╚letter

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