literature

IPA: ɫˈɪtɝʌtʃɝ

The body of all written works.
The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
(usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
Written fiction of a high standard.
(obsolete) Literacy; ability to read and write.

Examples of "literature" in Sentences

The human knowledge formed and deposited in literature is unavailable otherwise.
For instance, the first African to be Nobel laureate in literature is a Nigerian.
Use of the Trident for commercial purposes in literature is not a sanctioned practice by the Navy.
She received a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Washington and has taught at both the U.W. and Antioch.
About all the American literature in existence that is of any value as _literature_ is the product of the past three quarters of
About all the American literature in existence, that is of any value _as literature_, is the product of the past three quarters of
Israel _izrael_, not _issrael_ jeans _janes_ joust _just_ or _joost_ larynx _lar'inx'_ or _la'rinx_, not _larnix_ literature _literature_, or _choor_
Both men were serious about literature, but they differed on how much the formal detective story, as perfected during the Golden Age between the World Wars, could be taken seriously _as _literature.
Confusion may be avoided and time may be saved if teachers will remember that nature literature, as here defined, is a form of _literature_, and that its purpose therefore is primarily to present truth (not necessarily facts) in an entertaining way.