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open letter

open letter noun: a letter addressed to one person, or more, but published (as for example in a newspaper) for the public to read.

Noun

open letter (plural open letters)

  1. A letter addressed to one person, or more, but published (as for example in a newspaper) for the public to read.
    • For months, Dati warned she would refuse to stand aside. Now she has stunned the political class with an open letter to Fillon in Le Monde, a scathing character assassination accusing him of the "lone ambition" of a disillusioned political elite, of doing politics in a way that "never favoured...2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian
    • More than 60 rail supply business leaders signed an open letter to Rishi Sunak on May 9 urging him to bring forward the bill which would formally establish GBR.2023 May 31, Tammy Samuel, Fergus McLaverty, “The political picture: what lies ahead for Britain's railways?”, in RAIL, number 984, page 30

open letter meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

open letter in Tamil

பகிரங்கக் கடிதம்

open letter in Vietnamese

published letter
bức thư ngỏ

Forms of open letter

pluralopen letters

Questions about open letter

What does open letter mean?
Open letter means a letter addressed to one person, or more, but published (as for example in a newspaper) for the public to read.
What is open letter in Tamil?
Open letter in Tamil is பகிரங்கக் கடிதம். See Open letter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is open letter?
Open letter is a noun.
What is the plural of open letter?
The plural of open letter is open letters.

Words near open letter in the dictionary

  1. open it up
  2. open its doors
  3. open jaw
  4. open jaws
  5. open justice
  6. open letter
  7. open letters
  8. open market
  9. open markets
  10. open marriage
  11. open marriages

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Adapted from Wiktionary: open letter (page history and authors); open letter (Tamil 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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