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adjective

ˈle-tərd How to pronounce lettered (audio)
Definition of letterednext
as in literate
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education the lettered crowd is well acquainted with the author, but the average reader probably hasn't heard of him

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lettered

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verb

past tense of letter
as in printed

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Recent Examples of lettered
Adjective
The divisions are lettered from Alpha through Lima; some are smaller, some a little bigger, depending on how challenging the search areas are, McQuarrie told CNN. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for lettered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lettered
  1. literate
  2. printed
  3. educated
  4. penned
  5. scholarly
  6. inked
  7. wrote
  8. inscribed
Adjective
  • The teams experimenting organically, building their own use cases, are the AI-literate pockets.
    — Ayaskant Sarangi, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Hitler came to power in a highly literate Germany, but the Nazis took advantage of movies and radio to push simple messages with immediate emotional impact.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
Definition of literate
Verb
  • All pieces have a vintage-effect wash and sanding details, a graphic label detailing the fabric sewn or printed inside the garment and Fendi’s signature yellow stitching throughout.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 30 July 2026
  • Dermatologists say most people slather on far too little sunscreen, which quietly slashes the protection printed on the bottle.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
Definition of printed
Adjective
  • That said, plenty of analysts and advocacy groups are already making educated guesses.
    — Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Protein Education Is on the Rise These days, consumers are becoming more educated on everything related to protein.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026
Definition of educated
Verb
  • In February, Sánchez penned an op-ed in The New York Times defending his stance on regulated migration.
    — Miguel Macias, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
  • When Pope Francis died in 2025, Smith penned a poem about him.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of penned
Adjective
  • Tornau is now working to publish the sermons for the first time in a scholarly edition after nearly two years of research.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • Konchalovsky’s miniseries certainly can’t be accused of being a scholarly work, but there is something distinctly Homeric about its tone and the fact that, above all, its goal is to entertain.
    — Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
Definition of scholarly
Verb
  • Sony Pictures has inked a deal for Jill Blankenship to pen Castle, a medieval action film stemming from an original idea from Chris Bremner‘s Unknown Quantity.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Days before its record IPO, SpaceX inked a deal with Google that will bring in $920 million a month by providing AI compute capacity to the search giant.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of inked
Verb
  • Lawmakers from both parties wrote aggressive budget caps in 2017, when Republicans held half the seats in the Senate.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Harrelson wrote, directed and starred in Lost in London, the first feature film shot in a single continuous take and broadcast live to theaters.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrote
Verb
  • But, outside of clothing items and a set of denture plates inscribed with a partially illegible set of numbers, there was too little evidence recovered from the scene to generate leads in the case.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 July 2026
  • Sites in South Sudan, Lebanon, and the State of Palestine made the list, along with properties in Ukraine, Suriname, and, again, Lebanon, that were already inscribed on the World Heritage List and are now on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026
Definition of inscribed

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