请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 literate
释义

literate

1 of 2

adjective

lit·​er·​ate ˈli-tə-rət How to pronounce literate (audio)
 also  ˈli-trət
1
a
: educated, cultured
literate executives
b
: able to read and write
What percentage of the population is literate?
2
a
: versed in literature or creative writing : literary
literate novelists
b
: lucid, polished
a literate essay
c
: having knowledge or competence (see competent sense 2)
computer-literate
politically literate
literately adverb
literateness noun

literate

2 of 2

noun

1
: an educated person
2
: a person who can read and write

Synonyms

Adjective

  • educated
  • erudite
  • knowledgeable
  • learned
  • lettered
  • scholarly
  • well-read
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Adjective She is literate in both English and Spanish. What percentage of the population is literate? The job requires you to be computer literate.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Average life expectancy in the years after the British left was just 37 for men and 36 for women, and only 12% of Indians were literate. Rhea Mogul, CNN, 14 Aug. 2022 As a result, less digitally literate people may play a significant role in the spread of misinformation. David Rand, Scientific American, 15 July 2022 Most enslaved people were not literate and records documenting their existence were produced by slaveholders who emphasized their financial value over their humanity, Stevenson said. Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022 MacPhee’s reading of images and their uses is literate and astute. Steven Litt, cleveland, 2 June 2022 And right around this time Woods released a new EP, Big Hurt Boy, a superb six-song collection that is powerful, heartfelt and musically and lyrically literate and thought provoking. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 1 May 2022 All of which seems to suggest that all the classy, literate, upmarket crooks have thrown in the towel and moved on to other pursuits. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022 Additionally, according to data, about 62 percent of men are financially literate, compared with about 52 percent of women. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 1 Apr. 2022 Developing training programs that help employees become more data literate supports and strengthens the organization. Jeffrey Ton, Forbes, 6 June 2022
Noun
Unfortunately, our political elite aren’t energy literate enough to even slowdown such speculation. Jude Clemente, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 The growth of the single malt market and the interest in rarity and uniqueness grew out of a wine-literate consumer base. Brad Japhe, Forbes, 31 July 2022 The only way to do this effectively is to hire the correct data-literate individuals. Mike Bugembe, Forbes, 16 May 2022 By now, any pop culture-literate Internet user is likely well aware of Kim Kardashian's romance with Pete Davidson. Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Mar. 2022 Klosterman’s appraisal of the ’90s’ legacy, while limited in some ways (there could have been more about hip-hop, for example, which Klosterman admits), is an engaging, nuanced and literate take on the alternately dynamic and diffident decade. Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2022 While not sequential, each maturity level must be addressed as a business follows its unique path, at its own pace, to develop a data-literate workforce. Sarah Nell-rodriquez, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022 And don’t be afraid to seek help from a professional, like a grief-literate therapist, if your usual support system leaves something to be desired. Tayla Blaire, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2022 Not everyone has time or interest in becoming a data analyst or data literate, especially now in today's pandemic landscape where teams are understaffed and people are valuing their time differently in and outside of work. Ashley Kramer, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective and Noun

Middle English literat, from Latin litteratus marked with letters, literate, from litterae letters, literature, from plural of littera

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

literate

adjective

lit·​er·​ate ˈli-tə-rət How to pronounce literate (audio)
1
: able to read and write
2
: having gotten a good education

literate

adjective

as in educated
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education the columnist's witty and literate comments on current events make her a popular guest on political talk shows

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • educated
  • scholarly
  • civilized
  • cultured
  • knowledgeable
  • skilled
  • erudite
  • learned
  • informed
  • well-read
  • lettered
  • informed
  • instructed
  • academic
  • cultivated
  • intellectual
  • cerebral
  • highbrow
  • polished
  • schooled
  • enlightened
  • academical
  • didactic
  • bookish
  • trained
  • versed
  • professorial
  • pedantic
  • briefed
  • homeschooled
  • overeducated
  • well-bred
  • inkhorn
  • didactical
  • refined
  • self-educated
  • polymath
  • highbrowed
  • self-taught
  • polymathic
  • self-instructed
  • polyhistoric

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • illiterate
  • uneducated
  • ignorant
  • unlettered
  • unlearned
  • benighted
  • dark
  • semiliterate
  • uncultured
  • uncivilized
  • uncultivated
  • unscholarly
  • unintellectual
  • lowbrow
  • uninformed
  • unschooled
  • unpolished
  • unrefined
  • untutored
  • semiliterate
  • undereducated
  • unknowledgeable
  • untaught
  • uninstructed
  • ill-bred
See More
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/24 23:21:27