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literature
What does literature mean?
literature (noun): the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce literature?
/ˈlɪtəɹətʃɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does literature come from?
From Middle English literature, from Old French littérature.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to literature
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “literature” mean?
a person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others
Not quite: that's what status means.
the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture
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the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
Not quite: that's what site means.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
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