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lit‧e‧rate /ˈlɪtərət, ˈlɪtərɪt/ adjective
باسواد، ادیب، بازرگانی: باسواد
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Synonyms & Related Wordsliterate[adjective]Synonyms: educated, informed, knowledgeable
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarylit‧e‧rate /ˈlɪt
ərət, ˈlɪt
ərɪt/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
literature,
literacy ≠
illiteracy,
illiterate,
literati;
adjective:
literary,
literate ≠
illiterate]
[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: litteratus, from littera; ⇒ letter1]
1. able to read and write
Antonym : illiterate ⇒
numerate2. computer literate/musically literate etc able to use computers, understand and play music etc
3. well educated
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsliterate adj. VERBS be | become ADV. highly, very Only highly literate people are capable of discussing these subjects.
fully They are the first fully literate generation in the country.
barely, hardly He was uneducated and barely literate.
fairly, quite | economically, musically, politically, technologically (= educated about economics, music, etc.)
PREP. in Both parents were literate in English. PHRASES computer literate (= able to use a computer)
[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲