What does aliterate mean?
Definitions for aliterate
eɪˈlɪt ər ɪtalit·er·ate
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Princeton's WordNet
aliterate, aliterate personnoun
a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
Wiktionary
aliteratenoun
Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so.
Mark Twain famously said "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can't read" or more succinctly: the aliterate has little advantage over the illiterate.
aliterateadjective
Disinclined to read though not illiterate, able to read but reluctant or unlikely to read.
Etymology: a- + literate
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aliterate
Aliterate refers to a person who is capable of reading but rarely or never chooses to read for pleasure, information, or instructions. Such a person is fully literate, meaning they have the ability to understand text, but have a lack of interest or motivation to read.
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retaliate
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of aliterate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of aliterate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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