literate
ABILITY TO READ FOR KNOWLEDGE, WRITE COHERENTLY, AND THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THE WRITTEN WORD; ABILITY TO READ, WRITE, AND USE ARITHMETIC
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1.
Someone who is literate is able to read and write.
Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate.
? illiterate
ADJ
2.
If you describe someone as literate, you mean that they are intelligent and well-educated, especially about literature and the arts.
Scientists should be literate and articulate as well as able to handle figures...
ADJ [approval]
3.
If you describe someone as literate in a particular subject, especially one that many people do not know anything about, you mean that they have a good knowledge and understanding of that subject.
Head teachers need to be financially literate...
ADJ: usu adv ADJ