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nonletter

nonletter noun: that which is not a letter (alphabetic symbol).

Noun

nonletter (plural nonletters)

  1. That which is not a letter (alphabetic symbol).
    • Manhattanville College in Purchase, N. Y., has joined a small but growing [movement] back to the practice of awarding letter grades after a year's experiment with a nonletter system that was seen as a way of reducing the competitiveness and authoritarian quality of [letter] grading.1973 June 2, Iver Peterson, “Campus Notes Grant Made for Study‐Incentive Plan”, in The New York Times
    • The grading policy now specifies that all students enrolled before the spring 1982 semester in classes of less than 40 students will receive written evaluations, with either a nonletter grade (honors, pass or no credit) or a letter grade on their transcripts. Under the old system, the no-credit...1982 April 11, Timothy McDarrah, “THE LETTER-GRADE CONTROVERSY”, in The New York Times
  2. That which is not a letter (written message to be delivered).

Forms of nonletter

pluralnonletters

Origin of nonletter

From non- + letter.

Questions about nonletter

What does nonletter mean?
Nonletter means that which is not a letter (alphabetic symbol).
What part of speech is nonletter?
Nonletter is a noun.
What is the plural of nonletter?
The plural of nonletter is nonletters.

Words near nonletter in the dictionary

  1. nonlesioned
  2. nonlethal
  3. nonlethality
  4. nonlethally
  5. nonlethals
  6. nonletter
  7. nonletterpress
  8. nonletters
  9. nonleukaemic
  10. nonleukemia
  11. nonleukemic

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