literate
adjective/ˈlɪtərət/
/ˈlɪtərət/
- able to read and write
- Though nearly twenty he was barely literate.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc1- Only highly literate people are capable of discussing these subjects.
- They are the first fully literate generation in the country.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- in
- (in compounds) having skills or knowledge in a specific area
- to be scientifically/financially literate
- Employees today are more digitally literate and connected than ever.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin litteratus, from littera ‘letter of the alphabet’, (plural) ‘epistle, literature, culture’.
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