n. 1 character, symbol, sign Epsilon is a letter in the Greek alphabet 2 missive, epistle, communication, note, line, message, dispatch or despatch; correspondence Write me a letter when you get there 3 letters. literature, the humanities, belles-lettres, the classics; erudition, culture, the world of letters, learning, scholarship He is a widely known man of letters 4 to the letter. precisely, literally, exactly, accurately, strictly, sic, thus, letter for letter, literatim, word for word, verbatim The document has been copied to the letter
v. 5 inscribe, write, spell (out) She carefully lettered the caption under the picture