Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

open letter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: open let-ter
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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 women" and stopping ethnic-minority candidates from progressing at elections. She said he was committing "a sad mistake" in trying to run in Paris."
"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."

Inflected Forms

open letters (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

epistle

Questions

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

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