literate
1lit·er·ate
adj \ˈli-tə-rət also ˈli-trət\Definition of LITERATE
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a : versed in literature or creative writing : literary b : lucid, polished <a literate essay> c : having knowledge or competence <computer-literate> <politically literate>
— lit·er·ate·ly adverb
— lit·er·ate·ness noun
Examples of LITERATE
- She is literate in both English and Spanish.
- What percentage of the population is literate?
- The job requires you to be computer literate.
Origin of LITERATE
Middle English literat, from Latin litteratus marked with letters, literate, from litterae letters, literature, from plural of littera
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to LITERATE
Related Words: civilized, cultivated, cultured; cerebral, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual; polished, refined, well-bred; academic (also academical), bookish, didactic, didactical, inkhorn, pedantic, professorial; informed, instructed, schooled, skilled, trained; homeschooled, self-educated, self-instructed, self-taught; briefed, enlightened, informed, versed; overeducated, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic)
Near Antonyms: uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured; lowbrow, semiliterate, unintellectual; ill-bred, unpolished, unrefined; uninformed, unknowledgeable; uninstructed, unschooled, untaught, untutored; semiliterate, undereducated
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