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literate

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Etymology

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From Middle English litterate, from Latin līterātus, litterātus. Doublet of literato and literatus.

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Adjective

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literate (comparative more literate, superlative most literate)

  1. Able to read and write; having literacy.
    Antonym: illiterate
  2. Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
    • 2008 January 7, Charles Hugh Smith, Can a Fragmented Culture Find Common Ground?[2]:
      The reason literature plays a unique role in any literate culture is its longevity.
  3. Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
    • 2005, Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World, Harper:
      The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan even commissioned an alphabetic script for his empire, to be used officially for all its literate languages, Mongolian, Chinese, Turkic and Persian.

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Noun

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literate (plural literates)

  1. A person who is able to read and write.
  2. (historical) A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders.

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Latin

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Adjective

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līterāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of līterātus

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