Synonym: lit. Similar words: temperature, literate, obliterate, illiterate, alliteration, obliterated, literary, literally. Meaning: ['lɪtərətʃʊr /-tʃə] 
n. 1. creative writing of recognized artistic value 2. the humanistic study of a body of literature 3. published writings in a particular style on a particular subject 4. the profession or art of a writer.
n. 1. creative writing of recognized artistic value 2. the humanistic study of a body of literature 3. published writings in a particular style on a particular subject 4. the profession or art of a writer. 
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1. Irvng Washington, Father of literature of the United States. 
2. The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downwad tendency.
3. The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.
4. He regularly gives lectures on modern French literature.
5. You can't fully appreciate foreign literature in translation.
6. I can't understand classical literature.
7. He has an intimate knowledge of American literature.
8. I shall take literature and mathematics this spring.
9. This is Chekhov's contribution to Russian literature.
10. We talked of English literature.
11. English has a rich vocabulary and literature.
12. 'Wuthering Heights' is a classic of English literature.
13. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
14. She was well educated in literature at a university.
15. Her daughter likes reading the classics of English literature.
16. He was an expert on ancient Chinese astronomical literature.
17. I picked up some literature about pensions.
18. His specialty is English literature.
19. Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster.
20. You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation.
21. He dipped deep into Western literature.
22. I minored in literature in addition to art.
23. There is a move to liberalize literature and the Arts.
24. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 was awarded to Mo Yan.
25. He was invited to lecture on American literature at our college.
26. He was well acquainted with the literature of France,(Sentencedict) Germany and Holland.
27. I shall take four different examples from contemporary literature to illustrate my point.
28. The teacher transfused a love of literature to his students.
29. He cared not a whit for the social, political or moral aspects of literature.
30. It helps children to develop an appreciation of poetry and literature.
More similar words: temperature, literate, obliterate, illiterate, alliteration, obliterated, literary, literally, reiterate, nature, mature, feature, immature, in nature, by nature, creature, premature, signature, legislature, nomenclature, architecture, adulterate, inveterate, counterfeiter, saturn, natural, naturally, saturnine, unnatural, naturalist.