What does literate mean?
Definitions for literate
ˈlɪt ər ɪtlit·er·ate
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word literate.
Princeton's WordNet
literate, literate personadjective
a person who can read and write
literateadjective
able to read and write
literateadjective
versed in literature; dealing with literature
literateadjective
knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields
"computer literate"
Wiktionary
literatenoun
A person who is able to read and write
literateadjective
Able to read and write; having literacy.
literateadjective
Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
literateadjective
Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
Etymology: From litteratus.
Wikipedia
literate
Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, humans in literate societies have sets of practices for producing and consuming writing, and they also have beliefs about these practices. Reading, in this view, is always reading something for some purpose; writing is always writing something for someone for some particular ends. Beliefs about reading and writing and its value for society and for the individual always influence the ways literacy is taught, learned, and practiced over the lifespan. Some researchers suggest that the history of interest in the concept of "literacy" can be divided into two periods. Firstly is the period before 1950, when literacy was understood solely as alphabetical literacy (word and letter recognition). Secondly is the period after 1950, when literacy slowly began to be considered as a wider concept and process, including the social and cultural aspects of reading and writing, and functional literacy.
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literate
Literate refers to a person who is able to read and write. It can also mean having competence or knowledge in a specified area. In a broader sense, literate can mean well-educated or knowledgeable.
Webster Dictionary
Literateadjective
instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered
Literatenoun
one educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders
Literatenoun
a literary man
Etymology: [L. litteratus, literatus. See Letter.]
Editors Contribution
literate
A person who is able to read and write easily, effectively and efficiently.
The team are literate and all can read and write so all have equal ability.
Submitted by MaryC on November 27, 2020
Entomology
Literate
ornamented with characters like letters.
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Anagrams for literate »
laterite
teretial
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of literate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of literate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of literate in a Sentence
Technology permeates modern life and we thought it would be revealing to see how knowledgeable people were about some core concepts and history, policy makers, tech designers, and those orienting their organizations around digital life can profit from knowing just how 'technology literate' people are and where gaps in their knowledge might be. Just because people use these gadgets a lot doesn't necessarily mean they know everything about how they work and where they came from.
The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the freak-out have broken off discourse with a cultural system which they despise as a cruel, antiquated fraud. They will not bandy words with it. Accept, even momentarily, the conventions of literate linguistic exchange, and you are caught in the net of the old values, of the grammars that can condescend or enslave.
Athletes are really frustrated because... the coaches are not literate and they have been teaching what they were taught 30 years back, without infrastructure we can do a lot, but without the techniques you cannot win.
I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way.
I don't think there is any doubt that the American public is far more soccer literate whether that is because of the World Cup (in 1994) or the presence of MLS or the presence of international soccer on television and the changes in technology and social media that facilitate all of that, people are far more literate, far more knowledgeable and far more engaged. That part is great.
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- lletrat, alfabetCatalan, Valencian
- gramotnýCzech
- belesen, gebildetGerman
- alfabeto, letrado, alfabetizadoSpanish
- lettré, alphabèteFrench
- litearraScottish Gaelic
- 読み書き, 博識Japanese
- ಸಾಕ್ಷರರುKannada
- خوێندهوارKurdish
- literateNorwegian
- oczytanyPolish
- letrado, alfabetizadoPortuguese
- образованный, начитанный, грамотныйRussian
- писмен, учен, начитан, pismen, načitan, učenSerbo-Croatian
- belästSwedish
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