Collocations for "letter"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "letter" in context.
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letter
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [personal, work, private] letter
- [readers', members'] letters
- letters from readers
- have a signed letter from
- a [love, fan] letter to
- in my cover letter
- [received, got, opened] a letter (from)
- [date, sign, address] a letter
- send a letter (to)
- address the letter to
- write a letter of recommendation
- write a letter to the editor
- a letter from [a friend, my lawyer, Spain]
- a letter to the [editor, president, bank]
- a letter of approval (from, for)
- a letter of complaint
- a letter signed by
- a letter addressed to
- thank you for your letter
- their letters went unanswered
- with reference to your letter [dated, of]
- [a, the fifth] letter of the alphabet
- a [capital, lowercase, underlined, bold] letter
- an [uppercase, italic] letter
- has [five] letters
- in [big, capital, giant, huge, block] letters
- the letter of the law
- follow the instructions to the letter
- a [five, nine] -letter word
- is a four-letter word (around here)
- standard letter size
- on letter paper
- a letter opener
- a letter bomb
- US: lettered in [basketball, academics, band]
- lettered the [banner, poster, sweater]
- [beautifully, stylishly, hurriedly] lettered
'letter' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- French
- I
- N
- O
- S
- Sir
- T
- W
- Y
- abbreviation
- acceptance
- address
- addressed
- advisory
- angry
- answer
- application
- arrive
- attach
- basis
- beloved
- bomb
- brown
- chain
- clear
- closing
- colleague
- compassionate
- complaint
- compose
- confirmation
- confused
- contain
- correction
- corresponding
- cover
- dash
- date
- dated
- deliver
- destination
- disclose
- dot
- draft
- drawn