Literate

[lit·er·ate]

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

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Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.

Noun
a person who can read and write

Adjective S.
able to read and write

Adjective
able to read and write

a.
Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.

n.
One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders.

n.
A literary man.

Literate

Lit"er*ate , a. [L. litteratus, literatus. See Letter.] Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.
The literate now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs.

Literate

Lit"er*ate, n. 1. One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders. [Eng.] 2. A literary man.

Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.

One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders.

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Usage Examples

I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.