literacy
ABILITY TO READ FOR KNOWLEDGE, WRITE COHERENTLY, AND THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THE WRITTEN WORD; ABILITY TO READ, WRITE, AND USE ARITHMETIC
Illiterate; Illiteracy; Literate; Literacy Rate; New literacy studies; Literacy education; Literacy and learning; LiteracyandLearning; Literacy rate; Biliteracy; Analphabetism; Analphabetic; Analphabet; Total literacy rate; Nonliterate; Adult literacy rate; Illetracy; Reading and writing; Literary programme; Literacy and skills development; Literates; History of literacy; Illiteracy rate; Gender disparities in literacy; Teaching literacy; Literacy in the United Kingdom; Literacy in Canada; Literacy in Africa; Literacy in Asia; Literacy in Afghanistan; Literacy in Laos; Literacy in Egypt; Literacy in Mexico; Literacy in Ethiopia; Literacy in Kenya; Literacy in Guinea; Literacy in Senegal; Literacy in Niger; Literacy in Mauritius; Literacy in Burkina Faso
¦ noun
1. the ability to read and write.
2. competence or knowledge in a specified area: computer literacy.
Origin
C19: from
literate, on the pattern of
illiteracy.