transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪlɪtərət ]
( illiterates)
1.
Someone who is illiterate does not know how to read or write.
A large percentage of the population is illiterate.
ADJ
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An illiterate is someone who is illiterate.
...an educational centre for illiterates.
N-COUNT
2.
If you describe someone as musically, technologically, or economically illiterate , you mean that they do not know much about music, technology, or economics.
ADJ : usu adv ADJ