(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you write a ~ to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by post.
I had received a ~ from a very close friend.
...a ~ of resignation...
Our long courtship had been conducted mostly by ~.
N-COUNT: also by N
2.
Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a language.
...the ~s of the alphabet.
...the ~ E.
N-COUNT
3.
If a student earns a ~ in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial ~ of the name of their university or college. (AM)
Valerie earned ~s in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field hockey.
N-COUNT
4.
If a student ~s in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial ~ of the name of their university or college. (AM)
Burkoth ~ed in soccer.
VERB: V prep
5.
see also capital ~ , covering ~ , dead ~ , love ~ , news~ , poison-pen ~
6.
If you say that someone carries out instructions to the ~, you mean that they do exactly what they are told to do, paying great attention to every detail.
She obeyed his instructions to the ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v