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   lit·er·ate

   /ˈlidərət/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) able to read and write: "their parents were uneducated and barely literate" Similar able to read and writeOpposite illiterate
   • ▪ having or showing education or knowledge, typically in a specified area: "we need people who are economically and politically literate" Similar educatedwell educatedwell readwidely readscholarlylearnedschooledknowledgeableintellectualintelligenteruditeletteredculturedcultivatedsophisticatedwell informedOpposite ignorant

   noun

   • 1. a literate person.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin litteratus, from littera (see letter).

   Derivatives

   • 1. literately adverb

   Scrabble Points: 8

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