literate

Word family  noun literature literacy ≠ illiteracy illiterate literati adjective literary literate ≠ illiterate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lit·e·rate /ˈlɪtərət/ adjective  1. READable to read and write 能读会写的，识字的 OPP illiterate → numerate2. computer literate/musically literate etc TDable to use computers, understand and play music etc 会使用计算机的/会演奏乐器的等3. INTELLIGENTwell educated 受过良好教育的

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literate• Meanwhile, the emerging industrial factories needed workers who were at least literate and able to follow directions.• Over the last hundred years, people have become healthier, more literate, and better educated.• It, too, wants people to be literate and complains that its offers to help have been ignored.• It is in this way that the apparent divide between literate and non-literate cultures simply disappears.• Third World governments build roads which help farmers to market their produce and schools which create a literate and numerate workforce.• Every student should be literate by the time he or she leaves primary school.• Either way, they do not need to tyrannize the literate newcomer.• So administration would be within the competence of any literate person.• Paper costs are high, but loss of literate readers is much higher.Origin literate (1400-1500) Latin litteratus, from littera; → LETTER1

lit·e·rate adjectiveChineseSyllable  

and able write read to Corpus

literate
lit‧e‧rate /ˈlɪtərət, ˈlɪtərɪt/ adjective1. able to read and write
   OPP  illiterate ⇨ numerate
2. computer literate/musically literate etc able to use computers, understand and play music etc
3. well educated

lit·er·ateBrE /ˈlɪtərət/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪtərət/ 🔊 adjectiveable to read and write 有读写能力的；有文化的 OPP illiterate  ➡  see also numerate at numeracy, computer-literate