Meaning

4 senses

  1. Able to read and write; having literacy.

    schriftkundig, schreibkundig, lese- und schreibkundig

    гра́мотныйgrámotnyj

    гра́мотнийhrámotnyj, письме́ннийpysʹménnyj

    able to read and write

  2. Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.

    belesen, gebildet

    образо́ванныйobrazóvannyj, начи́танныйnačítannyj

  3. Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).

  4. (broadly)Able to understand and evaluate something.

Examples

13 sentences

  1. Tom is literate.

    Том письменний. — deniko

    ruТом грамотный. — marafon

    deTom kann lesen und schreiben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I think that Tom is literate.

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  3. I think Tom is literate.

    ruЯ думаю, Том умеет читать и писать. — marafon

    deIch denke, dass Tom lesen und schreiben kann. — Manfredo

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  4. It's absurd how few computer science professors are actually computer literate.

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  5. Becoming a literate news consumer requires us to be able to identify legitimate journalism.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
able to read, having literacy:
Русский
By meaning 2
able to read, having literacy:
knowledgeable in literature and writing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
able to read, having literacy:
knowledgeable in literature and writing:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English litterate, borrowed from Latin lītterātus, līterātus, see -a

Inherited from Middle English litterate, borrowed from Latin lītterātus, līterātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of literato and literatus.

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Forms

more literate, most literate
Comparativemore literate Lesson
Superlativemost literate Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms
illiterate

Word family

39 related words
RelatedletterA1literalB2literaryB1literatureB1illiterateliteracy
Derivedaliterateantiliteratebiliteratecarbon-literatecineliteratecomputeratecomputer literatecyberliterateecoliteratee-literatefood-literategraphicatehyperliterateliteratelyliteratenessliterate programmingliteratesqueliteratizemetaliteratemonoliteratemultiliteratenonliteratepluriliteratepostliterate

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
literalB2literallyB2literaryB1literatureB1lithe

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