Associations to the word «Literature»

Wiktionary

LITERATURE, noun. The body of all written works.
LITERATURE, noun. The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
LITERATURE, noun. All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
LITERATURE, noun. Written fiction of a high standard.
LITERATURE REVIEW, noun. A scholarly paper compiled from published sources, which sums up current knowledge of a particular topic.
LITERATURE REVIEWS, noun. Plural of literature review

Dictionary definition

LITERATURE, noun. Creative writing of recognized artistic value.
LITERATURE, noun. The humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit".
LITERATURE, noun. Published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature".
LITERATURE, noun. The profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure".

Wise words

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain