PRELITERATE

Meaning of PRELITERATE in English

adjective

Synonyms: primitive 6, nonliterate

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary. Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус. 2003

PRELITERATE — adjective Date: 1925 1. not yet employing writing as a cultural medium, lacking the use of writing, antedating the use …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRELITERATE — I. “+ adjective Etymology: pre- + literate 1. : antedating the use of writing ancient preliterate cultures 2. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRELITERATE — /pree lit"euhr it/ , adj. Anthropol. 1. lacking a written language; nonliterate: a preliterate culture. 2. occurring before the development …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRELITERATE — adj. preceding the advent of writing, predating the use of writing; (about a culture) not using writing systems
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PRELITERATE — adjective Date: 1925 1. a. : not yet employing writing as a cultural medium b. : lacking the use of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRELITERATE — ■ adjective relating to or denoting a society or culture that has not developed the use of writing.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRELITERATE — [pre.lit.er.ate] adj (1925) 1 a: not yet employing writing as a cultural medium b: lacking the use of writing 2: …
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PRELITERATE — preliterate BrE AmE ( ˌ ) priː ˈlɪt‿ ə r ət ◂ -ɪt AmE \ -ˈlɪt̬ ə r- ⇨-ˈlɪtr•
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRELITERATE — pre ‧ lit ‧ e ‧ rate /priːˈlɪt ə rət, priːˈlɪt ə rɪt/ BrE AmE adjective a society that is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRELITERATE — adj. of or relating to a society or culture that has not developed the use of writing.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRELITERATE — adj. of or relating to a society or culture that has not developed the use of writing.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRELITERATE — adj. of or relating to a society or culture that has not developed the use of writing.
Oxford English vocab
PRELITERATE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As a result, we will become like preliterate tribesmen of old, except on a much …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRELITERATE — [adjective] [not gradable] [specialized] - (of a society) not having a written languageHe spent a year in Africa, studying the …
Cambridge English vocab
PRELITERATE — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: PRIMITIVE 6, nonliterate
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PRELITERATE — дописьменный (о культуре)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRELITERATE — Дописьменный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRELITERATE — preliterate.ogg ͵pri:ʹlıt(ə)rıt a дописьменный ( о культуре )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRELITERATE — (a) дописьменный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PRELITERATE — a дописьменный ( о культуре )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PRELITERATE — a дописьменный ( о культуре )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRELITERATE — прил. дописьменный (о культуре).
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
PRELITERATE — дописьменный (о культуре)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRELITERATE — adj. Pronunciation: ˌ pr ē - ' li-t( ə -)r ə t Function: adjective Date: 1925 1 a : not …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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PRIMITIVE — I. ˈpriməd.iv, -ətiv adjective Etymology: Middle English primitif, from Latin primitivus, from primitus firstly, originally (from primus first + -itus, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIMITIVE — — primitively , adv. — primitiveness, primitivity , n. /prim"i tiv/ , adj. 1. being the first or earliest of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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SACRED — the power, being, or realm understood by religious persons to be at the core of existence and to have a …
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