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lettering en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈlɛ.tə.ɹɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (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.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Designed text.
    • The lettering on the sign was very tidy.
  3. (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)

lettering en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈlɛ.tə.ɹɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of letter
    form of letter