literate
[lit-er-it]
- 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: Is she computer literate? The boss needs a computer‐literate assistant.
- having an education; educated.
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- a person who can read and write.
- a learned person.
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Origin of literate
Synonyms
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Contemporary Examples
Pointing out that Nick Denton writes and speaks like a literate adult and not like a 14-year-old in remedial English.
That would be fascism—but the “eloquent” and literate cadena is freedom.
But only the literate imagination can bring them back to life.
Her humor was New York humor, layered and tangy with irony; chewy and Jewish and deadpan and literate.
Only 13 percent of women are literate (compared with almost 33 percent of men).
Afghan Women Fear Backsliding As President Karzai Negotiates With TalibanMagsie Hamilton-Little
February 19, 2012
Historical Examples
People can participate in social life only if they are literate.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
Students who were under the influence of literate reasoning had problems.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
Expectation of high figures is an extension of literate expectations.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
But if they are then subjected to literate pettifogging, all this effort is to no avail.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
In fact, these means are freed from words and literate articulations.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
literate
- able to read and write
- educated; learned
- used to words rather than numbers as a means of expressionCompare numerate
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- a literate person
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin litterātus learned. See letter
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Word Origin and History for literate
adj.
"educated, instructed," early 15c., from Latin literatus/litteratus "educated, learned," literally "one who knows the letters," formed in imitation of Greek grammatikos from Latin littera/litera "letter" (see letter (n.1)).
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