Definition of literate in English:

literate

adjective ˈlɪt(ə)rətˈlɪdərət

1Able to read and write.
能读写的，识字的
their parents were uneducated and barely literate
Example sentencesExamples
- The written form of Arabic is the same for all literate Arabs (those able to read and write), regardless of how different their spoken dialects are.
- The printing press didn't abolish war, but it did create a literate population that was able to educate itself.
- More than 80 percent of its population is literate, and life expectancy is over 70 years.
- At the beginning of the 18th century only ten per cent of the people were literate in Wales, but revival brought change.
- Most of us are familiar with the concept of literacy as it applies to reading and writing and it is generally accepted that being literate means being able to decipher the written word and compose written work.
- To suggest that the number of monks who were actually literate is quite small should not be taken to mean that they had no experience with literacy or were completely unlearned.
- A thousand years ago, technology severely limited the amount of words the average literate person could read in a lifetime.
- Within a few years, most Cherokees had become literate in their own language.
- By reading aloud, a literate person engages a child in language as they sit together, relaxed and quiet.
- Indeed, in such a literate society the ability to read and write had become a major social fault line.
- Some of the more literate ones did write down a few particulars soon after the fracas in letters to friends and relatives.
- A modern state needed a population literate in the official language, and a population that was disciplined either by religious instruction or by a secular civic morality.
- And like all learning, becoming literate is a lifelong process.
- If society at large became more literate then the clergy could more readily be recruited from the laity; they did not have to remain what they had come close to being, a hereditary caste.
- As for the Roman empire, he argues that a high degree of literacy can only be assumed for the urban upper classes and that only a few artisans and traders and even fewer farmers and rural workers would have been literate.
- At present most literate Africans can read English or French.
- In the case of English the answer is obvious: everyone in today's society needs to be literate and able to communicate well.
- Even those already literate in English adjusted to the new Creole system within five minutes.
- This was especially so among the clergy, many of whom were barely literate.
- To return to the slave narratives, they are in themselves very revealing of the scepticism directed toward the literate slave both in their own time and in our histories of them.
Synonyms
able to read and write
1. 1.1 Having education or knowledge, typically in a specified area.
  （尤指在某一方面）通晓的
  we need people who are economically and politically literate
  我们需要懂经济和政治的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I want to make Maine the most digitally literate society on Earth.
  Having a technically literate family is a blessing.
  From her novels, I thought she was considerably more theologically literate and orthodox.
  Books of literate and entertaining essays on occasional topics - what used to be called belles-lettres - are no longer common, and that is a shame.
  But is it not the case that literature supersedes history, as one of the ultimate signifiers in a universe literate in necessary layers of meanings?
  The means to accomplish this were literate sermons, adhering closely to the liturgy of the church; catechising the young; and administering the sacraments.
  I think comparative religion is a wonderful study, and we should be more theologically literate than we are.
  I enjoyed reading the transcripts of David's well-crafted, highly literate speeches.
  In fact, they benefited greatly from the studies and were encouraged to become more biblically literate.
  Why is it so hard to find a moderately theologically literate reporter?
  And the book turns out to be intelligent, literate, and thoughtful.
  And this is the portion of the population who are computer literate.
  The most key ingredient is a scientifically literate work force and general population.
  To ensure that all theories meet these standards, it is essential that people be sufficiently scientifically literate.
  As you would expect from such a literate, well travelled and much experienced man, the brief author's note at the end is full of good stuff.
  That ability to create empathy is another mark of a spiritually literate movie.
  The ensemble playing is lock tight, the soloists are eloquent; the seven pieces (five of them composed by group members) are literate and stimulating.
  The productive sector of the economy of any industrial nation demands a scientifically literate labor force.
  Today, many moviegoers have become psychologically literate, and Hollywood reflects this change.
  When the person loses the capability to derive and create meaning in a culturally significant way, he or she becomes less, not more, literate.
  Synonyms
  educated, well educated, well read, widely read, scholarly, learned, schooled, knowledgeable, intellectual, intelligent, erudite, lettered, cultured, cultivated, sophisticated, well informed

noun ˈlɪt(ə)rətˈlɪdərət

A literate person.
有文化的人
Example sentencesExamples
- If we turn to the faithful OED, the word is said to date back to the eighteenth century and was used by the great literates of Swift and Dickens.
- The place is full of young men actively engaged in becoming literate, and of older ones among whom the proportion of literates is relatively high.
- It is true language changes over time but its development must be driven by the literate if cohesion is to be maintained.
- Today, news is communicated to the literates and neo-literates.
- The legislation of family norms can bring results only among literates who are already aware of the consequences of large families.
- Shared experience beyond these things would have involved, for the literate among them, the Bible, or oft-recited poems and some popular books.
- They understand much better than the literates.
- The computer literates should take the lead in teaching and convincing others about the ease in learning how to use computers, as a starting point for instilling in the people the desire to use, work and play with the Internet.
- And though I am a writer myself, I am not referring to the media of the written word - because the literate are all too often the most persuadable of the virtues of a dialogue across all kinds of boundaries.
- The project also generates employment for computer literates.
- It is not necessary that all literates and even ‘top officials’ are aware of traffic rules.
- Nothing in our commonly purveyed literacy mythology suggests this is the State with the largest number of literates in India.
- These were programmes where literates, semi-literates and illiterates were to participate.
- The government retained the monopolies on salt and iron, but it became clear that many of the Confucian literates saw his actions for what they truly were.
- But for the illiterates and even many literates, who throng the Collectorate seeking assistance, their services are indispensable.
- You don't have to be a literate to know the wiser option.
- Computer literates will also be helped to learn more in information technology, so as to leverage it more in their careers.
- If these were wanton act of miscreants, one incident that took place inside the Government Medical College campus on Thursday has proved that even the literates are not bothered to ‘rescue’ a roadside tree from being consumed by flames.
- The next generations will have even fewer mathematical literates in an ever increasing spiralling down of performance and expectations and Australia's technological performance will be equally constrained.
- In 1991, there had been 13.6 million literates or about 39 per cent of Rajasthanis over the age of seven.

Derivatives

literately

adverb

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin litteratus, from littera (see letter).

Rhymes

illiterate, presbyterate

Definition of literate in US English:

literate

adjectiveˈlɪdərətˈlidərət

1(of a person) able to read and write.
能读写的，识字的
Example sentencesExamples
- The printing press didn't abolish war, but it did create a literate population that was able to educate itself.
- As for the Roman empire, he argues that a high degree of literacy can only be assumed for the urban upper classes and that only a few artisans and traders and even fewer farmers and rural workers would have been literate.
- Indeed, in such a literate society the ability to read and write had become a major social fault line.
- In the case of English the answer is obvious: everyone in today's society needs to be literate and able to communicate well.
- To suggest that the number of monks who were actually literate is quite small should not be taken to mean that they had no experience with literacy or were completely unlearned.
- The written form of Arabic is the same for all literate Arabs (those able to read and write), regardless of how different their spoken dialects are.
- Within a few years, most Cherokees had become literate in their own language.
- A thousand years ago, technology severely limited the amount of words the average literate person could read in a lifetime.
- This was especially so among the clergy, many of whom were barely literate.
- If society at large became more literate then the clergy could more readily be recruited from the laity; they did not have to remain what they had come close to being, a hereditary caste.
- More than 80 percent of its population is literate, and life expectancy is over 70 years.
- Most of us are familiar with the concept of literacy as it applies to reading and writing and it is generally accepted that being literate means being able to decipher the written word and compose written work.
- At present most literate Africans can read English or French.
- Some of the more literate ones did write down a few particulars soon after the fracas in letters to friends and relatives.
- By reading aloud, a literate person engages a child in language as they sit together, relaxed and quiet.
- Even those already literate in English adjusted to the new Creole system within five minutes.
- At the beginning of the 18th century only ten per cent of the people were literate in Wales, but revival brought change.
- To return to the slave narratives, they are in themselves very revealing of the scepticism directed toward the literate slave both in their own time and in our histories of them.
- And like all learning, becoming literate is a lifelong process.
- A modern state needed a population literate in the official language, and a population that was disciplined either by religious instruction or by a secular civic morality.
Synonyms
able to read and write
1. 1.1 Having or showing education or knowledge, typically in a specified area.
  （尤指在某一方面）通晓的
  we need people who are economically and politically literate
  我们需要懂经济和政治的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Having a technically literate family is a blessing.
  As you would expect from such a literate, well travelled and much experienced man, the brief author's note at the end is full of good stuff.
  But is it not the case that literature supersedes history, as one of the ultimate signifiers in a universe literate in necessary layers of meanings?
  I think comparative religion is a wonderful study, and we should be more theologically literate than we are.
  From her novels, I thought she was considerably more theologically literate and orthodox.
  To ensure that all theories meet these standards, it is essential that people be sufficiently scientifically literate.
  The productive sector of the economy of any industrial nation demands a scientifically literate labor force.
  That ability to create empathy is another mark of a spiritually literate movie.
  The ensemble playing is lock tight, the soloists are eloquent; the seven pieces (five of them composed by group members) are literate and stimulating.
  And this is the portion of the population who are computer literate.
  I want to make Maine the most digitally literate society on Earth.
  The means to accomplish this were literate sermons, adhering closely to the liturgy of the church; catechising the young; and administering the sacraments.
  Why is it so hard to find a moderately theologically literate reporter?
  I enjoyed reading the transcripts of David's well-crafted, highly literate speeches.
  In fact, they benefited greatly from the studies and were encouraged to become more biblically literate.
  When the person loses the capability to derive and create meaning in a culturally significant way, he or she becomes less, not more, literate.
  Books of literate and entertaining essays on occasional topics - what used to be called belles-lettres - are no longer common, and that is a shame.
  Today, many moviegoers have become psychologically literate, and Hollywood reflects this change.
  The most key ingredient is a scientifically literate work force and general population.
  And the book turns out to be intelligent, literate, and thoughtful.
  Synonyms
  educated, well educated, well read, widely read, scholarly, learned, schooled, knowledgeable, intellectual, intelligent, erudite, lettered, cultured, cultivated, sophisticated, well informed

nounˈlɪdərətˈlidərət

A literate person.
有文化的人
Example sentencesExamples
- But for the illiterates and even many literates, who throng the Collectorate seeking assistance, their services are indispensable.
- And though I am a writer myself, I am not referring to the media of the written word - because the literate are all too often the most persuadable of the virtues of a dialogue across all kinds of boundaries.
- The legislation of family norms can bring results only among literates who are already aware of the consequences of large families.
- Today, news is communicated to the literates and neo-literates.
- The next generations will have even fewer mathematical literates in an ever increasing spiralling down of performance and expectations and Australia's technological performance will be equally constrained.
- If these were wanton act of miscreants, one incident that took place inside the Government Medical College campus on Thursday has proved that even the literates are not bothered to ‘rescue’ a roadside tree from being consumed by flames.
- It is not necessary that all literates and even ‘top officials’ are aware of traffic rules.
- The project also generates employment for computer literates.
- The government retained the monopolies on salt and iron, but it became clear that many of the Confucian literates saw his actions for what they truly were.
- Shared experience beyond these things would have involved, for the literate among them, the Bible, or oft-recited poems and some popular books.
- It is true language changes over time but its development must be driven by the literate if cohesion is to be maintained.
- Nothing in our commonly purveyed literacy mythology suggests this is the State with the largest number of literates in India.
- They understand much better than the literates.
- If we turn to the faithful OED, the word is said to date back to the eighteenth century and was used by the great literates of Swift and Dickens.
- The computer literates should take the lead in teaching and convincing others about the ease in learning how to use computers, as a starting point for instilling in the people the desire to use, work and play with the Internet.
- These were programmes where literates, semi-literates and illiterates were to participate.
- Computer literates will also be helped to learn more in information technology, so as to leverage it more in their careers.
- The place is full of young men actively engaged in becoming literate, and of older ones among whom the proportion of literates is relatively high.
- You don't have to be a literate to know the wiser option.
- In 1991, there had been 13.6 million literates or about 39 per cent of Rajasthanis over the age of seven.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin litteratus, from littera (see letter).

单词	literate
释义	Definition of literate in English: literate adjective ˈlɪt(ə)rətˈlɪdərət 1Able to read and write. 能读写的，识字的 their parents were uneducated and barely literate Example sentencesExamples The written form of Arabic is the same for all literate Arabs (those able to read and write), regardless of how different their spoken dialects are. The printing press didn't abolish war, but it did create a literate population that was able to educate itself. More than 80 percent of its population is literate, and life expectancy is over 70 years. At the beginning of the 18th century only ten per cent of the people were literate in Wales, but revival brought change. Most of us are familiar with the concept of literacy as it applies to reading and writing and it is generally accepted that being literate means being able to decipher the written word and compose written work. To suggest that the number of monks who were actually literate is quite small should not be taken to mean that they had no experience with literacy or were completely unlearned. A thousand years ago, technology severely limited the amount of words the average literate person could read in a lifetime. Within a few years, most Cherokees had become literate in their own language. By reading aloud, a literate person engages a child in language as they sit together, relaxed and quiet. Indeed, in such a literate society the ability to read and write had become a major social fault line. Some of the more literate ones did write down a few particulars soon after the fracas in letters to friends and relatives. A modern state needed a population literate in the official language, and a population that was disciplined either by religious instruction or by a secular civic morality. And like all learning, becoming literate is a lifelong process. If society at large became more literate then the clergy could more readily be recruited from the laity; they did not have to remain what they had come close to being, a hereditary caste. As for the Roman empire, he argues that a high degree of literacy can only be assumed for the urban upper classes and that only a few artisans and traders and even fewer farmers and rural workers would have been literate. At present most literate Africans can read English or French. In the case of English the answer is obvious: everyone in today's society needs to be literate and able to communicate well. Even those already literate in English adjusted to the new Creole system within five minutes. This was especially so among the clergy, many of whom were barely literate. To return to the slave narratives, they are in themselves very revealing of the scepticism directed toward the literate slave both in their own time and in our histories of them. Synonyms able to read and write 1.1 Having education or knowledge, typically in a specified area. （尤指在某一方面）通晓的 we need people who are economically and politically literate 我们需要懂经济和政治的人。 Example sentencesExamples I want to make Maine the most digitally literate society on Earth. Having a technically literate family is a blessing. From her novels, I thought she was considerably more theologically literate and orthodox. Books of literate and entertaining essays on occasional topics - what used to be called belles-lettres - are no longer common, and that is a shame. But is it not the case that literature supersedes history, as one of the ultimate signifiers in a universe literate in necessary layers of meanings? The means to accomplish this were literate sermons, adhering closely to the liturgy of the church; catechising the young; and administering the sacraments. I think comparative religion is a wonderful study, and we should be more theologically literate than we are. I enjoyed reading the transcripts of David's well-crafted, highly literate speeches. In fact, they benefited greatly from the studies and were encouraged to become more biblically literate. Why is it so hard to find a moderately theologically literate reporter? And the book turns out to be intelligent, literate, and thoughtful. And this is the portion of the population who are computer literate. The most key ingredient is a scientifically literate work force and general population. To ensure that all theories meet these standards, it is essential that people be sufficiently scientifically literate. As you would expect from such a literate, well travelled and much experienced man, the brief author's note at the end is full of good stuff. That ability to create empathy is another mark of a spiritually literate movie. The ensemble playing is lock tight, the soloists are eloquent; the seven pieces (five of them composed by group members) are literate and stimulating. The productive sector of the economy of any industrial nation demands a scientifically literate labor force. Today, many moviegoers have become psychologically literate, and Hollywood reflects this change. When the person loses the capability to derive and create meaning in a culturally significant way, he or she becomes less, not more, literate. Synonyms educated, well educated, well read, widely read, scholarly, learned, schooled, knowledgeable, intellectual, intelligent, erudite, lettered, cultured, cultivated, sophisticated, well informed noun ˈlɪt(ə)rətˈlɪdərət A literate person. 有文化的人 Example sentencesExamples If we turn to the faithful OED, the word is said to date back to the eighteenth century and was used by the great literates of Swift and Dickens. The place is full of young men actively engaged in becoming literate, and of older ones among whom the proportion of literates is relatively high. It is true language changes over time but its development must be driven by the literate if cohesion is to be maintained. Today, news is communicated to the literates and neo-literates. The legislation of family norms can bring results only among literates who are already aware of the consequences of large families. Shared experience beyond these things would have involved, for the literate among them, the Bible, or oft-recited poems and some popular books. They understand much better than the literates. The computer literates should take the lead in teaching and convincing others about the ease in learning how to use computers, as a starting point for instilling in the people the desire to use, work and play with the Internet. And though I am a writer myself, I am not referring to the media of the written word - because the literate are all too often the most persuadable of the virtues of a dialogue across all kinds of boundaries. The project also generates employment for computer literates. It is not necessary that all literates and even ‘top officials’ are aware of traffic rules. Nothing in our commonly purveyed literacy mythology suggests this is the State with the largest number of literates in India. These were programmes where literates, semi-literates and illiterates were to participate. The government retained the monopolies on salt and iron, but it became clear that many of the Confucian literates saw his actions for what they truly were. But for the illiterates and even many literates, who throng the Collectorate seeking assistance, their services are indispensable. You don't have to be a literate to know the wiser option. Computer literates will also be helped to learn more in information technology, so as to leverage it more in their careers. If these were wanton act of miscreants, one incident that took place inside the Government Medical College campus on Thursday has proved that even the literates are not bothered to ‘rescue’ a roadside tree from being consumed by flames. The next generations will have even fewer mathematical literates in an ever increasing spiralling down of performance and expectations and Australia's technological performance will be equally constrained. In 1991, there had been 13.6 million literates or about 39 per cent of Rajasthanis over the age of seven. Derivatives literately adverb Origin Late Middle English: from Latin litteratus, from littera (see letter). Rhymes illiterate, presbyterate Definition of literate in US English: literate adjectiveˈlɪdərətˈlidərət 1(of a person) able to read and write. 能读写的，识字的 Example sentencesExamples The printing press didn't abolish war, but it did create a literate population that was able to educate itself. As for the Roman empire, he argues that a high degree of literacy can only be assumed for the urban upper classes and that only a few artisans and traders and even fewer farmers and rural workers would have been literate. Indeed, in such a literate society the ability to read and write had become a major social fault line. In the case of English the answer is obvious: everyone in today's society needs to be literate and able to communicate well. To suggest that the number of monks who were actually literate is quite small should not be taken to mean that they had no experience with literacy or were completely unlearned. The written form of Arabic is the same for all literate Arabs (those able to read and write), regardless of how different their spoken dialects are. Within a few years, most Cherokees had become literate in their own language. A thousand years ago, technology severely limited the amount of words the average literate person could read in a lifetime. This was especially so among the clergy, many of whom were barely literate. If society at large became more literate then the clergy could more readily be recruited from the laity; they did not have to remain what they had come close to being, a hereditary caste. More than 80 percent of its population is literate, and life expectancy is over 70 years. Most of us are familiar with the concept of literacy as it applies to reading and writing and it is generally accepted that being literate means being able to decipher the written word and compose written work. At present most literate Africans can read English or French. Some of the more literate ones did write down a few particulars soon after the fracas in letters to friends and relatives. By reading aloud, a literate person engages a child in language as they sit together, relaxed and quiet. Even those already literate in English adjusted to the new Creole system within five minutes. At the beginning of the 18th century only ten per cent of the people were literate in Wales, but revival brought change. To return to the slave narratives, they are in themselves very revealing of the scepticism directed toward the literate slave both in their own time and in our histories of them. And like all learning, becoming literate is a lifelong process. A modern state needed a population literate in the official language, and a population that was disciplined either by religious instruction or by a secular civic morality. Synonyms able to read and write 1.1 Having or showing education or knowledge, typically in a specified area. （尤指在某一方面）通晓的 we need people who are economically and politically literate 我们需要懂经济和政治的人。 Example sentencesExamples Having a technically literate family is a blessing. As you would expect from such a literate, well travelled and much experienced man, the brief author's note at the end is full of good stuff. But is it not the case that literature supersedes history, as one of the ultimate signifiers in a universe literate in necessary layers of meanings? I think comparative religion is a wonderful study, and we should be more theologically literate than we are. From her novels, I thought she was considerably more theologically literate and orthodox. To ensure that all theories meet these standards, it is essential that people be sufficiently scientifically literate. The productive sector of the economy of any industrial nation demands a scientifically literate labor force. That ability to create empathy is another mark of a spiritually literate movie. The ensemble playing is lock tight, the soloists are eloquent; the seven pieces (five of them composed by group members) are literate and stimulating. And this is the portion of the population who are computer literate. I want to make Maine the most digitally literate society on Earth. The means to accomplish this were literate sermons, adhering closely to the liturgy of the church; catechising the young; and administering the sacraments. Why is it so hard to find a moderately theologically literate reporter? I enjoyed reading the transcripts of David's well-crafted, highly literate speeches. In fact, they benefited greatly from the studies and were encouraged to become more biblically literate. When the person loses the capability to derive and create meaning in a culturally significant way, he or she becomes less, not more, literate. Books of literate and entertaining essays on occasional topics - what used to be called belles-lettres - are no longer common, and that is a shame. Today, many moviegoers have become psychologically literate, and Hollywood reflects this change. The most key ingredient is a scientifically literate work force and general population. And the book turns out to be intelligent, literate, and thoughtful. Synonyms educated, well educated, well read, widely read, scholarly, learned, schooled, knowledgeable, intellectual, intelligent, erudite, lettered, cultured, cultivated, sophisticated, well informed nounˈlɪdərətˈlidərət A literate person. 有文化的人 Example sentencesExamples But for the illiterates and even many literates, who throng the Collectorate seeking assistance, their services are indispensable. And though I am a writer myself, I am not referring to the media of the written word - because the literate are all too often the most persuadable of the virtues of a dialogue across all kinds of boundaries. The legislation of family norms can bring results only among literates who are already aware of the consequences of large families. Today, news is communicated to the literates and neo-literates. The next generations will have even fewer mathematical literates in an ever increasing spiralling down of performance and expectations and Australia's technological performance will be equally constrained. If these were wanton act of miscreants, one incident that took place inside the Government Medical College campus on Thursday has proved that even the literates are not bothered to ‘rescue’ a roadside tree from being consumed by flames. It is not necessary that all literates and even ‘top officials’ are aware of traffic rules. The project also generates employment for computer literates. The government retained the monopolies on salt and iron, but it became clear that many of the Confucian literates saw his actions for what they truly were. Shared experience beyond these things would have involved, for the literate among them, the Bible, or oft-recited poems and some popular books. It is true language changes over time but its development must be driven by the literate if cohesion is to be maintained. Nothing in our commonly purveyed literacy mythology suggests this is the State with the largest number of literates in India. They understand much better than the literates. If we turn to the faithful OED, the word is said to date back to the eighteenth century and was used by the great literates of Swift and Dickens. The computer literates should take the lead in teaching and convincing others about the ease in learning how to use computers, as a starting point for instilling in the people the desire to use, work and play with the Internet. These were programmes where literates, semi-literates and illiterates were to participate. Computer literates will also be helped to learn more in information technology, so as to leverage it more in their careers. The place is full of young men actively engaged in becoming literate, and of older ones among whom the proportion of literates is relatively high. You don't have to be a literate to know the wiser option. In 1991, there had been 13.6 million literates or about 39 per cent of Rajasthanis over the age of seven. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin litteratus, from littera (see letter).
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