literate
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈlɪtərɪt/
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competente (en)
- The highly technical society of today is pushing everyone to become more STEM literate, including students with disabilities.
- computer literate
- digitally literate
- media literate
So make sure you become literate about financial things.
- So make sure you become literate about financial things.
- I, I, I think every tech politician needs to be literate in technology.
- OK, so these, the people who wrote the Bible were they were literate, but they were not literate in the modern scientific sense.
- And if we can get people to be more energy literate, maybe we won't have the same politicians to deal with.
- We should support African governments and enable to the extent possible science education so that people have a more more literate about this.
- And so I think that, you know, again, we should like, we should be more literate about what freedom of speech actually is and what it means.
- I think it's so, so, so important as young people, as young women, boys and girls, all of us, to really just become financially literate.
- How could a country as as wise as we are and financially literate as we are, do what we did?
Examples
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My job is to prepare students to be technologically literate, thereby being productive citizens in the future.
Academic text (2008) -
In order to be climate change literate, the public must first be media literate.
Academic text (2011) -
If you are not computer literate, take a class before you do anything else.
Academic text (1995) -
We do not have a scientifically literate public, and we are paying the price for that.
Academic text (1995) -
Remember, as librarians, we are the ultimate independent, information-literate, lifelong learners.
Academic text (2012) -
Guiding students to become critically literate should be a major goal for educators in this time of 21st-century literacies.
Academic text (2013) -
To succeed in today's job market, it's essential to be d digitally literate and comfortable with new technologies.
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Teachers need to ensure that students become financially literate so they can make informed decisions.
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Being health literate helps individuals navigate the complexities of medical information and make better choices for their well-being.
Synonyms
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4.1
A person who has learned a lot about a subject
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4.5
Knowing a lot because you read many books
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6.9
Familiar with a subject through experience or study
Someone who knows a subject well enough to talk about it
A person who is well educated and knows a lot about books and ideas
Antonyms
Compounds
How Knowledgeable
Surface Forms
Morphology
literate = liter + ate
This is an extension of the core adjectival meaning (e.g., 'computer-literate'); the pattern is productive and learners can infer 'having competence in a field' from 'literate'.
Etymology
To be literate in a subject comes from the same root littera 'letter' and is a helpful image: you know the basic 'letters' or tools of that field, so being 'computer literate' means you can use computers well.