Literature

  • 21literature — lit|er|a|ture [ lıt(ə)rətʃər, lıt(ə)rə,tʃur ] noun uncount *** 1. ) stories, poems, and plays, especially those that are considered to have value as art and not just entertainment: great works of literature She is studying German language and… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22literature */*/*/ — UK [ˈlɪtrətʃə(r)] / US [ˈlɪt(ə)rətʃər] / US [ˈlɪt(ə)rəˌtʃʊr] noun [uncountable] 1) stories, poems, and plays, especially those that are considered to have value as art and not just entertainment great works of literature She is studying German… …

    English dictionary

  • 23Literature —    Modern Italian literature can best be summarized by an account of its principal literary movements. In the period covered by this dictionary, the first important movement is Romanticism, which in Italy at least was associated with the… …

    Historical Dictionary of modern Italy

  • 24literature — noun (U) 1 books, plays, poems etc that people think have value: one of the great works of English literature 2 works such as these that are studied as a subject: a course in modern African literature 3 all the books, articles, etc on a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25literature —    Thanks to the survival of thousands of clay tablets from many times and places in ancient Mesopotamia, it is clear that the civilizations of that region produced a large, varied, and rich collection of literature, some of it of high quality.… …

    Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

  • 26literature — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin litteratura writing, grammar, learning, from litteratus Date: 14th century 1. archaic literary culture 2. the production of literary work especially as an occupation 3. a. (1) writings …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 27Literature to go — Feridun Zaimoglu (2006) Literature to go war der Kurztitel der Vorlesungsreihe, die Feridun Zaimoglu im Sommersemester 2004 am Peter Szondi Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft der Freien Universität Berlin als Samuel… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 28literature — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. books, belles lettres, letters. See writing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Artistic production in language] Syn. letters, lore, belles lettres, literary works, literary productions, writing, the humanities,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 29literature — noun 1) English literature Syn: written works, writings, writing, creative writing, literary texts, compositions 2) the literature on prototype theory Syn: publications, published writings, texts, reports, studies …

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  • 30literature — noun 1) English literature Syn: writing, poetry, drama, prose 2) the literature on prototype theory Syn: publications, reports, studies, material 3) election literature …

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