LITERATURE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the profession or art of a writer
   Usage Example(s)
   • her place in literature is secure
   Hypernyms(s) literature is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • profession (what does profession mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the humanistic study of a body of literature
   Synonym(s)
   • lit (what does lit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he took a course in Russian lit
   Hypernyms(s) literature is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • literary study (what does literary study mean?)
3. Meaning
   • creative writing of recognized artistic value
   Hypernyms(s) literature is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • writing (what does writing mean?)
   • written material (what does written material mean?)
   • piece of writing (what does piece of writing mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Sanskrit literature (what does Sanskrit literature mean?)
4. Meaning
   • published writings in a particular style on a particular subject
   Usage Example(s)
   • the technical literature
   • one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature
   Hypernyms(s) literature is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • writing (what does writing mean?)
   • written material (what does written material mean?)
   • piece of writing (what does piece of writing mean?)