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 Definitions of literacy  [ˈlɪt ər ə si]  

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Definition of 'literacy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) literacy
the quality or state of being literate, esp. the ability to read and write.

2.  literacy
a person's knowledge of a particular subject or field:
to acquire computer literacy.

Etymology:  (1880–85)

Definition of 'literacy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) literacy
the ability to read and write


Definition of 'literacy' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) literacy
the ability to read and write
literacy skills


Definition of 'literacy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) literacy
state of being literate


Translation of 'literacy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: clever and having read a great deal.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: geletterdheid Arabic flag Arabic: مَعْرِفَة القِراءَه والكِ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: грамотност
Brazilian flag Brazilian: alfabetização Czech flag Czech: gramotnost German flag German: die Fähigkeit, zu Lesen u
Danish flag Danish: det at kunne læse og skri Greek flag Greek: στοιχειώδης παιδεία, γνώσ Spanish flag Spanish: capacidad de leer y escri
Estonian flag Estonian: kirjaoskus Farsi flag Farsi: سواد خواندن و نوشتن Finnish flag Finnish: lukutaito
French flag French: aptitudeà lire et à écrir Hebrew flag Hebrew: יְדִיעַת קְרוֹא וּכתוֹב, Hindi flag Hindi: साक्षरता
Croatian flag Croatian: pismenost Hungarian flag Hungarian: írni-olvasni tudás Indonesian flag Indonesian: melek huruf
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lestrar– og skriftarkunná Italian flag Italian: (il saper leggere e scriv Japanese flag Japanese: 読み書き能力
Korean flag Korean: 읽고 쓰는 능력이 있음 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: raštingumas Latvian flag Latvian: rakstītprasme
Malay flag Malay: celik huruf Dutch flag Dutch: alfabetisme Norwegian flag Norwegian: detå kunne lese og skrive
Polish flag Polish: umiejętność pisania i czy Persian flag Persian: ،ادبيات،با سوادى سواد خوا Pashto flag Pashto: سواد لرل،زدكړه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: alfabetização Romanian flag Romanian: aptitudinea de a scrieşi Russian flag Russian: грамотность
Slovak flag Slovak: gramotnosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: pismenost Serbian flag Serbian: pismenost
Swedish flag Swedish: läs- och skriv- kunnighet Thai flag Thai: ความสามารถในการอ่านและเขี Turkish flag Turkish: okur yazarlık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 學問素養 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: письменність, грамотність Urdu flag Urdu: خواندگی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự biết chữ Chinese flag Chinese: 精通文学

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