literate
- noun
- /ˈlɪtərɪt/
:
alfabetizado
- After years of effort, the literacy program successfully increased the number of literates in the region.
Examples
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Non-governmental organizations, municipalities, and other institutions affiliated with the municipalities opened and continue to open courses to increase the number of adult literates in Turkey.
Academic text (2015) -
Some were also recent literates, having learned to read and write in the literacy campaign of 1979.
Academic text (1992) -
And so you had only a few people that were literate that could transcribe this, this holy word.
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Extensive research needs to be conducted in order to identify the percentage of functional literates in the country.
Academic text (2015) -
These literates became touch-bearers of new knowledge and privileges (Kazeem, 1991: 128).
Academic text (2011) -
Furthermore, suffrage was restricted to literates, who constituted less than half the adult population through the mid-1950s (Handleman 1979: 1).
Academic text (1990) -
In the village, most of the children were already literate by the age of six.
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The community center offered classes to help adults become literate and improve their job prospects.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who can understand written words
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1.5
A person who can read and write
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1.0
A person who regularly reads books for pleasure
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Etymology
A literate (noun) is a person who can read and write; the word comes from littera 'letter', so it once meant a 'person of letters' who knows reading and writing.