literature
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- B1
Written works such as novels, poems and plays that people value as art, or the school subject in which they are studied.
Literature shows us how people thought in other centuries.
Our final literature exam covers poetry, drama and short stories.
He signed up for a literature course and reads three novels monthly.
She teaches nineteenth-century literature to students who mostly prefer film.
Common collocations: English literature · modern literature · classic literature · world literature · a work of literature · study literature
Part of: School subjects, Books and reading, School and teaching, Art
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
Printed papers and small booklets that give people information about a product, a service or an organisation.
The travel agency sent us literature about walking holidays abroad.
Ask at the reception desk for literature on the evening classes.
The company's sales literature promises far more than the machine delivers.
Common collocations: sales literature · promotional literature · product literature · request literature
Part of: Media, Shops and shopping, Writing