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Meaning of 'literature'
Meaning of 'literature' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Literature 
[ n.]
- Learning; acquaintance with letters or books. [ n.]- 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; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.
- 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.
- The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.
Meaning of 'literature' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. literature [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the humanistic study of a body of literature
- the humanistic study of a body of literature
Example in sentence:
- he took a course in Russian lit
Meaning (2):
- the profession or art of a writer
- the profession or art of a writer
Example in sentence:
- her place in literature is secure
Meaning (3):
- published writings in a particular style on a particular subject
- published writings in a particular style on a particular subject
Example in sentence:
- one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature;
- the technical literature
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