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letter [ˈletəɐ, Am ˈlet̬ɚ] N

1. letter (message):

letter
письмо́ nt

2. letter (symbol):

letter
бу́ква f

business letter N

capital letter [ˈkæpɪtl ˈletəɐ, Am -ət̬l ˈlet̬ɚ] N

chain letter N

circular letter N

covering letter N

French letter N Brit, Aus inf (condom)

letter bomb N

love letter N

open letter N

four-letter word N

red-letter day N

Usage examples with letters

big letters
дли́нные пи́сьма мн
in capital letters
больши́ми [или прописны́ми] бу́квами
to be inundated with letters
зава́ливать пи́сьмами
none of my letters arrived
ни одно́ из мои́х пи́сем не дошло́

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The card number is printed, not embossed in raised letters.
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For example, if the algorithm is applied to a string of lower-case letters ("a" to "z"), the check character will also be a lower-case letter.
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From season thirteen onward, the pattern changed to one in which episodes have a two-word title with the number of letters matching the season number.
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Individuals receiving typewritten letters often found them insulting (as type implied they could not read handwriting) or impersonal, problems exacerbated by the all upper-case writing.
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The description is made up of a category letter (in capitals) and usually several index letters (in lower case).
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Sometimes readers got 2 or 3 letters and interpreted them.
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It is possible that, over the course of her life, she wrote more thank-you letters than anyone else in the history of the world.
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Anagram clues are characterized by an indicator word adjacent to a phrase that has the same number of letters as the answer.
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All the castaways then took their time in reading their letters.
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An onslaught of letters and phone calls were made to the station, both in support and in disdain of the change.
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