literate
pronunciation
How to pronounce literate in British English:
UK [ˈlɪtərət]
How to pronounce literate in American English:
US [ˈlɪtərət]
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- Noun:
- a person who can read and write
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- Adjective:
- able to read and write
- able to read and write
Word Origin
- literate (adj.)
- "educated, instructed," early 15c., from Latin literatus/litteratus "educated, learned," literally "one who knows the letters," formed in imitation of Greek grammatikos from Latin littera/litera "letter" (see letter (n.1)).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Only 42 % of adults in ethiopia are literate .
- 2. Generally , though , the shortage is of people who are literate , trained and ready to work .
- 3. The decipherment of the mayan glyphs revealed that the new world had a sophisticated , literate civilisation at the time of the roman empire .
- 4. Mongolians are 95 per cent literate .
- 5. If more egyptians read the koran , perhaps it is because more are literate .