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Literate vs. Illiterate

Literate and Illiterate Definitions

Literate

Able to read and write.

Illiterate

Unable to read and write.

Literate

Knowledgeable or educated in a particular field or fields.

Illiterate

Having little or no formal education.

Literate

Familiar with literature; literary.

Illiterate

Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature
An illiterate magazine.
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Literate

Well-written; polished
A literate essay.

Illiterate

Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing
A paragraph with several illiterate expressions.

Literate

A person who is literate.

Illiterate

Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge
Musically illiterate. See Usage Note at literate.

Literate

(used with a pl. verb) People who are literate, considered as a group.

Illiterate

A person who is illiterate.
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Literate

Able to read and write; having literacy.

Illiterate

(used with a pl. verb) People who are illiterate, considered as a group.

Literate

Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.

Illiterate

Unable to read and write.

Literate

Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).

Illiterate

Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
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Literate

A person who is able to read and write.

Illiterate

Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.

Literate

(historical) A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders.

Illiterate

Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.
Economically illiterate, emotionally illiterate

Literate

Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.
The literate now chose their emperor, as the military chose theirs.

Illiterate

An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how.

Literate

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

Illiterate

A person ignorant about a given subject.
The government is run by business illiterates.

Literate

A literary man.

Illiterate

Unable to read or write; ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Literate

A person who can read and write

Illiterate

A person unable to read

Literate

Able to read and write

Illiterate

Not able to read or write

Literate

Able to read and write

Illiterate

Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge;
Ignorant of quantum mechanics
Musically illiterate

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