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literate

[lit-er-it]

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adjective

able to read and write.

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

characterized by skill, lucidity, polish, or the like: His writing is literate but cold and clinical.

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

having an education; educated.

noun

a person who can read and write.

a learned person.

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin līterātus, litterātus learned, scholarly. See letter, -ate¹

Related forms

lit·er·ate·ly, adverb

an·ti·lit·er·ate, adjective, noun

an·ti·lit·er·ate·ly, adverb

un·lit·er·ate, adjective

Synonyms
3, 5. well-informed, knowledgeable.

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If elected, his press for a more integrated and literate workforce will benefit us all.

Most of these former students were not financially literate.

The message for the literate audience at home is almost the opposite.

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If elected, his press for a more integrated and literate workforce will benefit us all.

Most of these former students were not financially literate.

The message for the literate audience at home is almost the opposite.

Just don't expect a scientifically literate person to agree with you.

And yet our otherwise literate society continues to mistake molecular name-dropping for real understanding.

India's population is becoming more literate despite the government's educational policies.

Not everyone who quits school is illiterate, nor is everyone who attends even close to literate.

Its people are superbly literate and numerate, but certain cultural traits are holding businesses back.

The once-popular rote learning had a valuable place in verbal as opposed to literate cultures.

It's one of the core technologies of every literate culture.

He had never-and this itself is a distinction in these literate days--entertained any notion of writing a novel.

Well, if there's one thing to be said on an article on poetry, it does elicit a more literate stream of comments than usual.

The drawback of the internet is that you have to be literate to use it.

Science is too important to be left to people who are scientifically literate.

But few people write programs, so hardly anybody is literally computer literate.

Most people do not read original papers they rely on scientifically literate journalists to state the significant results.

Barely literate young men with few positive role-models and even fewer prospects are given a simple choice.

Iceland is an extremely literate society that values and preserves its past.

Supposedly, people in fiscally prudent, literate and well-paved places felt less urge to light up.

Many think banking too expensive and complicated, and helping new customers become financially literate takes time.

They expect sophisticated coverage and literate prose.

Mentor recommends sending a literate and sincere message to someone who made your life better.

Findings indicate that these villagers may have been remarkably literate for their time.

It is the scientifically literate student that performs well on the tests that are used to compare nations.

Olives is a literate and lively story of a tree, the fruit and the oil it yields.

It's becoming increasingly important to be visually literate as well, since more.

Part of being a competent member of a literate society is to be able to switch between registers.

We have an aging market that appreciates comics and is probably ready for more literate and adult and full-length stories.

Part of the challenge is getting literate in other formats, cross-media literate.

As a country's percentage of literate women increases, its fertility rate declines.

We were talking to a less specific group of literate twenty-somethings that had grown up consuming popular culture.

Most of the tests are aimed at insuring that teachers are literate and possess a minimum level of writing and math skills.

In those days, literate families and friends read aloud to each other as a matter of habit.

We hope to reach a younger audience literate in visuals.

Despite a smart line or two in the literate translation.

Most of the barely literate oafs who pose as airport security staff should be sweeping the streets.

There is a superb reading list here for the scientifically literate layman.

People who are not computer literate will have difficulty finding their way in the world, industry experts say.

Having a literate population is compulsory for a democracy to be functional.

The movie could be described as a cinematically literate travel brochure:.

But the old stonecutters' errors of wording are remarkably few, given that many may have been barely literate.

Either you are deliberately trying to spread misinformation or you are not scientifically literate enough to understand the.

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literate (ˈlɪtərɪt)

—*adj*
1.	able to read and write
2.	educated; learned
3.	Compare numerate used to words rather than numbers as a means of expression

—n
4.	a literate person

[C15: from Latin litterātus learned. See letter]

'literately

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

literate

early 15c., from L. lit(t)eratus "educated, learned," lit. "one who knows the letters," formed in imitation of Gk. grammatikos from L. lit(t)era "letter."

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