Literature

What do we mean by literature?

The body of written works of a language, period, or culture. noun

Imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value. noun

The art or occupation of a literary writer. noun

The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field. noun

Printed material. noun

All the compositions of a certain kind or for a specific instrument or ensemble. noun

Specifically. In scientific usage, the body of monographs, original papers, etc., dealing with a particular topic: as, the literature of the scale-insects and mealy bugs; the literature of the reaction experiment. noun

Printed matter of any kind intended for circulation, as the circulars and pamphlets of a political party, of an insurance company, or of a quack advertiser. noun

Learning; instruction in letters. noun

The use of letters for the promulgation of thought or knowledge; the communication of facts, ideas, or emotions by means of books or other modes of publication; literary work or production: as, the profession of literature. noun

Recorded thought or knowledge; the aggregate of books and other publications, in either an unlimited or a limited sense; the collective body of literary productions in general, or within a particular sphere, period, country, language, etc.: as, the literature of a science, art, or profession; Greek, Roman, or Elizabethan literature. noun

In a restricted sense, the class of writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, romance, history, biography, and essays, in contradistinction to scientific works, or those written expressly to impart knowledge. noun

Synonyms Literature, Learning, Scholarship, Erudition, Lore. Literature, the more polished or artistic class of written compositions, or the critical knowledge or appreciation of them; learning, large knowledge acquired by study, especially in the literature, history, or the like, of the past; scholarship, learning viewed as the possession of a professional or amateur scholar or student; erudition, scholastic or the more recondite sort of knowledge obtained by profound research; lore, a rather poetic word for erudition, often in a special department: as, versed in the lore of magic. noun

Learning; acquaintance with letters or books. noun

The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period noun

The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres. noun

The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work. noun

The body of all written works. noun

The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture. noun

All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject. noun

The body of all written works.

The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture.

(usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.

Written fiction of a high standard.

Literature is a sort of aesthetic expression, usually involving words, but can be made of patterns or symbols. Most people think of literature as novels, but it can be anything you read, write, or create, as long as it has a special meaning. For example, a regular old to-do list is not literature, while a combination of certain symbols can be considered such. Urban Dictionary

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What men call porn mags when they don't want to get caught by their girl friends. Urban Dictionary

A fancy word for books that scholars approve of. Urban Dictionary

Literature is all that is written, as well as books, educational or otherwise. Urban Dictionary

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Poop that is retarded that people think is safisticated, yet its just fake boring poop! Urban Dictionary

Short for 'literal torture'. Urban Dictionary

Anything written in print that's not Twilight. Urban Dictionary

Part of speech - Verb Tense - Very (in need of good massage) Other Tense - Past, present, future, Jacob Marley Origin - Torinsylvanian, originally meaning to hit someone with a cantaloupe Definition - to do something in a literary setting that is brag worthy Synonyms - writalenting, englisherizing Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to literature:
literature, litterature, literatur, literatura, literate, literatures, lineature, illiterature, literator, literatus, liberatore, littérature.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word literature:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe literature:
english, american, modern, recent, german, french, classical, contemporary, current, medical, scientific, greek, russian, extensive, early, ancient, popular, chinese, relevant, vast, european, religious, latin, historic, western, christian, comparative, century, juvenile, available, oral, historical, indian, professional, periodical, medieval, secondary, older, african, dramatic, earlier, italian, spanish, japanese, soviet, rabbinic, technical, psychological, empirical, imaginative, vedic, sanskrit, irish, biblical, scholarly, voluminous, arabic, sacred, theoretical, roman, academic, rich, classic, later, canadian, romantic, buddhist, philosophical, native, polite, educational, sociological, apocalyptic, anthropological, yiddish.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective literature:
review, based, cited, survey, course, study, search, reviews, film, primers, the, references, citations, consulted, groups, studies, resources, sources, vol, list, movement, test, english, searches, philosophy, matters, classes, searching, circles, readers, program, volume, update, series, sections, collections, reader, poetry, commentaries, continued, psychology, art, sharing, general, psychoanalysis, books, primer, writers, summary, tabulation, guides, yoga, mill, lists, memoirs, sapelo, instruction, reference, centered, aesthetics, dates, citation, departments, medicine, nationalism, writing, findings, links, 19th, reports, appreciation, connections, teacher, drama, teachers, syriaque, bibliography, today, debate.

Words that sound like literature:
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