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cover letter

cover letter noun: a letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.

Noun

cover letter (plural cover letters)

  1. A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.

cover letter meaning in Kannada and Indonesian

cover letter in Kannada

ಹೊದಿಕೆಯೋಲೆ, ಮೇಲೋಲೆ

cover letter in Indonesian

letter to introduce a document
surat pengantar

Forms of cover letter

pluralcover letters
alternative British Englishcovering letter

Questions about cover letter

What does cover letter mean?
Cover letter means a letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.
What is cover letter in Kannada?
Cover letter in Kannada is ಹೊದಿಕೆಯೋಲೆ, ಮೇಲೋಲೆ. See Cover letter meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is cover letter?
Cover letter is a noun.
What is the plural of cover letter?
The plural of cover letter is cover letters.

Words near cover letter in the dictionary

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  10. cover name
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cover letter (page history and authors); cover letter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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