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red-lettering

red-lettering is the present participle and gerund of red-letter.

Meaning of red-letter

Verb

red-letter (third-person singular simple present red-letters, present participle red-lettering, simple past and past participle red-lettered)

  1. (transitive) To mark or strike with red letters (a person or an object) for particular attention.

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Questions about red-lettering

What is red-lettering the present participle and gerund of?
Red-lettering is the present participle and gerund of red-letter.

Words near red-lettering in the dictionary

  1. red-letter day
  2. red-letter days
  3. red-letter edition
  4. red-letter editions
  5. red-lettered
  6. red-lettering
  7. red-letters
  8. red-light camera
  9. red-light cameras
  10. red-light district
  11. red-light districts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: red-lettering (page history and authors); red-letter (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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