LITERATE


Meaning of LITERATE in English

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

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