transcription, транскрипция: [ lɪtərət ]
1.
Someone who is literate is able to read and write.
Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate.
≠ illiterate
ADJ
2.
If you describe someone as literate , you mean that they are intelligent and well-educated, especially about literature and the arts.
Scientists should be literate and articulate as well as able to handle figures...
ADJ [ approval ]
3.
If you describe someone as literate in a particular subject, especially one that many people do not know anything about, you mean that they have a good knowledge and understanding of that subject.
Head teachers need to be financially literate...
ADJ : usu adv ADJ
see also computer-literate