literate
A person who is able to read and writeA person who is able to read and write.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Tom is literate.
Tom kann lesen und schreiben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том грамотный. — marafon
Том письменний. — deniko
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2 sensesA person who is able to read and write.
a person who can read and write
(historical)A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders.
Examples
13 sentencesTom is literate.
Том письменний. — deniko
ruТом грамотный. — marafon
deTom kann lesen und schreiben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I think that Tom is literate.
I think Tom is literate.
ruЯ думаю, Том умеет читать и писать. — marafon
deIch denke, dass Tom lesen und schreiben kann. — Manfredo
It's absurd how few computer science professors are actually computer literate.
Becoming a literate news consumer requires us to be able to identify legitimate journalism.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Inherited from Middle English litterate, borrowed from Latin lītterātus, līterātus, see -aInherited 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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