lettering en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈlɛ.tə.ɹɪŋ/
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Written text, especially when printed.
She was wearing a boys’ white t-shirt with “No Fear” written in blue lettering on the front, blue Piqua High School shorts, and black sandals.
2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026:On a recent afternoon a work crew and crane were affixing the tall lettering to the side of the team’s new stadium, just off the autobahn in Sinsheim, a few miles from Hoffenheim.
2009 January 22, Nicholas Kulish, “Soccer Titan Raises Profile of Tiny Village”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:The lettering on the sign made it clear that intruders were unwelcome.
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(countable, uncountable) Designed text.
The lettering on the sign was very tidy.
- (countable, uncountable) The inking of text onto comic pages during production.
Forms
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Translations (8)
pl liternictwo (written text) · de Beschriften (written text) · fr caractère (written text) · de Schriftzug (designed text) · de Beschriftung (written text) · bg надпис (written text) · fr lettrage (written text) · de Beschriftung (designed text)