literate in English

adjective

1

(of a person) able to read and write.

Most of us are familiar with the concept of literacy as it applies to reading and writing and it is generally accepted that being literate means being able to decipher the written word and compose written work.

synonyms: able to read/write, educated, schooled

noun

1

a literate person.

If these were wanton act of miscreants, one incident that took place inside the Government Medical College campus on Thursday has proved that even the literates are not bothered to ‘rescue’ a roadside tree from being consumed by flames.

adjective

• able to read/write, educated, schooled
• educated, well-educated, well-read, widely read, scholarly, learned, knowledgeable, lettered, cultured, cultivated, sophisticated, well-informed
• knowledgeable, well-versed, savvy, smart, conversant, competent, up on, up to speed on

noun

• literate person

Use "literate" in a sentence

1. 1 word related to Belletristic: literate

2. Both parents were literate in English.

3. 1 word related to Belletristic: literate

4. Absolute numbers of non-literate adults

5. He was uneducated and barely literate.

6. Though nearly twenty he was barely literate.

7. 6 He was uneducated and barely literate.

8. Head teachers need to be financially literate.

9. The literate population is said to number 789,943.

10. Ninety percent of the adult population is literate.

11. Only a few of the nation's peasants are literate.

12. Investment banking applicants were expected to be culturally literate.

13. Students need to be computerate as well as literate.

14. He is the most literate of the whole family.

15. My writing partner is a violent, Chauvinistic semi-literate adolescent

16. An impeccably literate thriller by the author of Manhattan Nocturne.

17. 88.86% of the males and 61.84% of females are literate.

18. They are the first fully literate generation in the country.

19. His lyrics are highly literate. He even quotes Voltaire.

20. Could reinvent the genre for a cine - literate, postmodern audience.

21. Astrictiveness Sponger get a major retailer that at least act literate

22. Either way, they do not need to tyrannize the literate newcomer.

23. Intensifying efforts to address non-literate and functional illiterate adults.

24. Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate.

25. The German literate reversed this process with the profane French literature.

26. We sanctify ourselves through literate participation in collective reverence for our past.

27. In the ancient world, literate societies recorded their own history in written documents.

28. It produced 75% of the world's teak and had a highly literate population.

29. Also, many older children who are computer literate learn how to bypass them.

30. Scientists should be literate and articulate as well as able to handle figures.

31. In sharp contrast with the nations, in Israel everyone was encouraged to be literate.

32. They realize, however, that to benefit fully from Bible information, people must be literate.

33. They were required to be literate, knowledgeable about Bhutanese traditional culture and customs.

34. Cabezas should be literate in Spanish and have good moral character and property.

35. Under this scheme, one person each from 6 crore households is being made digitally literate.

36. It makes me want to stop right now, or spend years composing something flawlessly literate.

37. These advancements were made due to the increase of people becoming literate and educated.

38. We are searching for a culturally literate Clinician to bolster our patients' wellness-related efforts

39. It is noteworthy that literate mothers lose fewer children to sickness than do illiterate ones.

40. 10 James: I provide this cast - off edition of the entrepot is a literate journal.

41. Ratio of literate women to men # year-olds (UNESCO, Division for the Advancement of Women, UNIFEM

42. The Korean script is a conscious script creation by literate experts, which Daniels calls a "sophisticated grammatogeny".

43. Meanwhile, the emerging industrial factories needed workers who were at least literate and able to follow directions.

44. 3 We must ensure that our students leave school functionally literate for a complex competitive economy.

45. 13 In ancient times, only certain privileged classes, such as the scribes in Mesopotamia and Egypt, were literate.

46. Antonyms for Benighted include educated, enlightened, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read, learned and cultured

47. To enable every Amity student to become a lifelong learner and a literate, caring, creative and effective world citizen.

48. We aim to foster bi-literate and trilingual education. English and Putonghua will be the medium of instruction.

49. 29 The most skilled and literate combined the keenest sense of grievance with the ability to articulate their aspirations.

50. He preached mainly among the literate and English-speaking Anglo-Indian community who already professed to be Christians.