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lit·er·ate

(lĭt′ər-ĭt)

adj.

a. Able to read and write.

b. Knowledgeable or educated in a particular field or fields.

2. Familiar with literature; literary.

3. Well-written; polished: a literate essay.

1. A person who is literate.

2. (used with a pl. verb) People who are literate, considered as a group.

[Middle English litterate, from Latin litterātus, from littera, lītera, letter; see letter.]

lit′er·ate·ly adv.

lit′er·ate·ness n.

Usage Note: For most of its long history in English, literate has meant only "familiar with literature," or more generally, "well-educated, learned." Only since the late 1800s has it also come to refer to the basic ability to read and write. Its antonym illiterate has an equally broad range of meanings: an illiterate person may be incapable of reading a shopping list or uneducated in a particular field. The term functional illiterate is often used to describe a person who can read or write to some degree but below a minimum level required to function in even a limited social situation or job setting. An aliterate person, by contrast, is one who is capable of reading and writing but who has little interest in doing so, whether out of indifference to learning in general or from a preference for seeking information and entertainment by other means. The meanings of the words literacy and illiteracy have been extended from their original connection with reading and literature to any body of knowledge. For example, "geographic illiterates" cannot identify the countries on a map, and "computer illiterates" are unable to operate computers effectively.

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literate

(ˈlɪtərɪt)

adj

1. able to read and write

2. educated; learned

3. used to words rather than numbers as a means of expression. Compare numerate

a literate person

[C15: from Latin litterātus learned. See letter]

ˈliterately adv

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lit•er•ate

(ˈlɪt ər ɪt)

adj.

1. able to read and write.

2. having or showing knowledge of literature, writing, etc.; literary; well-read.

3. characterized by skill, lucidity, or the like.

4. having knowledge or skill in a specified field: computer-literate.

5. having an education; educated.

6. a person who can read and write.

7. a learned person.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin līterātus,litterātus learned]

lit′er•ate•ly, adv.

literal

– literary – literate

1. 'literal'

The literal meaning of a word is its most basic meaning.

She was older than I was, and not only in the literal sense.

The literal meaning of the Greek word hamartia, translated as sin, is 'missing the mark'.

2. 'literary'

Literary words and expressions are used to create a special effect in poems or novels, and are not usually used in ordinary speech or writing.

'Awaken' and 'waken' are old-fashioned or literary words.

Literary also means 'connected with literature'.

...literary critics.

...literary magazines.

3. 'literate'

A literate person is able to read and write.

Only half the children are literate.

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Noun	1.	literate - a person who can read and write literate person individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" alphabetiser, alphabetizer - a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order reader - a person who can read; a literate person writer - a person who is able to write and has written something
Adj.	1.	literate - able to read and write illiterate - not able to read or write
	2.	literate - versed in literature; dealing with literature educated - possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" illiterate - lacking culture, especially in language and literature
	3.	literate - knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields; "computer literate" educated - possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

literate

adjective educated, lettered, learned, cultured, informed, scholarly, cultivated, knowledgeable, well-informed, erudite, well-read The lyrics are highly literate; they even quote Voltaire.

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literate

adjective

Having an education:

educated, enlightened, informed, lettered.

Translations

مُلِم ، ذكي وكثير القِراءَه

gramotnýsečtělý

dannetkulitiveretuddannet

gebildet

letrado

cultivé

írni-olvasni tudó

bóklærîurlæs og skrifandi

istruito letterato

raštingasraštingumas

izglītotslasīt un rakstīt protošsskolots

belest

грамотный

gramotný

kültürlüokumuşokur yazar

有学问的有读写能力的

literate

[ˈlɪtərɪt] ADJ → que sabe leer y escribir
highly literate → culto
not very literate (fig) → poco culto, que tiene poca cultura

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

literate

[ˈlɪt^ərət] adj

(= able to read and write) → qui sait lire et écrire
to be literate → savoir lire et écrire

(= well-educated) → instruit(e)
the children of highly literate parents → les enfants de parents très instruits

[applicant, employee] → à l'aise avec les mots
Scientists need to be literate as well as numerate → Les scientifiques doivent être à l'aise avec les mots ainsi qu'avec les chiffres.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

literate

adj

to be literate → lesen und schreiben können; they aim to achieve a literate population in one generation → sie wollen die Bevölkerung in einer Generation alphabetisieren

(= well-educated) → gebildet; his style is not very literate → er schreibt einen ungeschliffenen Stil

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

literate

[ˈlɪtərɪt] adj → che sa leggere e scrivere
highly literate → molto colto/a, molto istruito/a

literate

(ˈlitərət) adjective

1. able to read and write.

2. clever and having read a great deal.

ˈliteracy noun

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The world of the German literate consisted solely in bringing the new French ideas into harmony with their ancient philosophical conscience, or rather, in annexing the French ideas without deserting their own philosophic point of view.

The German literate reversed this process with the profane French literature.

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There were very few resident landlords in the neighborhood and also very few domestic or literate serfs, and in the lives of the peasantry of those parts the mysterious undercurrents in the life of the Russian people, the causes and meaning of which are so baffling to contemporaries, were more clearly and strongly noticeable than among others.

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Those well off manage to become computer literate at commercially run institutes, in most cases highly congested.

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Literate Baika Thapaliya has bagged this year's Jasuda Memorial Award.

Literate Balika Thapaliya bags Jasuda Memorial Award

Summary: Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 9 (ANI): A unique initiative by District Jail administration here is making inmates not only literate but also tech-savvy, thus increasing their employability.

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This book describes how to define, use, and develop the reader response notebook with elementary and middle school students and move toward agency, autonomy, and accountability, so that students can achieve a more creative level of reader response and lead more literate lives.

The Reader Response Notebook: Teaching Toward Agency, Autonomy, and Accountability

MEHAR -- The 6th death anniversary of a poet and literate Abdul Kabir Akhtar Brohi was observed in Mehar in which the literates from different areas participated.

Death anniversary of poet Abdul Kabir Akhtar Brohi observed

He said that as per the Population Census 1998, a literate is a person who can read a newspaper and write a simple letter in any language.

Literacy rate in Pakistan only 58pc, says education minister

Eyieyien who decried that the utilisation of digital literacy centres was usually low, said the curriculum for learning at the centres was tailored for the literate, illiterate and semi-literate to learn and be digitally equipped.

Two Digital Literacy Centres Inaugurated In Oyo

Although the agricultural literacy movement began in the 1990's, little has been done to investigate the gap between being literate in agriculture and agricultural literacy (Mars & Ball, 2016).

Spanning the Gap: The Confluence of Agricultural Literacy and Being Agriculturally Literate

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