literate
Able to read and write; having literacy.
Other meanings
Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
Related words
- computer literate
- e-literate
- food-literate
- carbon-literate
- literate programming
- aliterate
- antiliterate
- biliterate
- cineliterate
- computerate
- cyberliterate
- ecoliterate
Word history
From Latin "lītterātus".
Where this comes from
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