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Literate Read Reading Write Lɪtərət Person Knowledge Books

Front literate
Pron ['lɪtərət]
Back 【LITERATE】
A literate person can get knowledge through reading many books.
一个受过教育的人可以通过读书而获得知识。
【重点词汇】
literate adj. 受过教育的 反: uneducated
Vocab
literateable to read and write

If you're literate you can read and write, and since you're reading this, that's what you are.

Literate can also mean more than just being able to read and write, but being really fluent in a field. If you're "computer literate," you know how to use a computer with ease. If you're up on the latest advances in science, you're "scientifically literate." If people describe you admiringly as literate, they think you're widely read and know a lot about lots of different fields. The opposite of literate is illiterate.

All forms of 'literate' will appear on average once every 667 pages.
illiteracy
illiterate
literacy
literate
nonliterate
preliterate
semiliterate

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