Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - literate
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1. Someone who is literate is able to read and write. Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate. ? illiterate ADJ 2. If you describe someone as literate, you mean that they are intelligent and well-educated, especially about literature and the arts. Scientists should be literate and articulate as well as able to handle figures... ADJ c darkgreen]approval 3. If you describe someone as literate in a particular subject, especially one that many people do not know anything about, you mean that they have a good knowledge and understanding of that subject. Head teachers need to be financially literate... ADJ: usu adv ADJ see also computer-literate ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English literat, from Latin litteratus marked with letters, ~, from litterae letters, literature, from plural of littera Date: 15th century 1. a. educated, cultured b. able to read and write 2. a. versed in literature or creative writing ; literary b. lucid, polished a ~ essay c. having knowledge or competence computer-~ politically ~ • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun II. noun Date: circa 1550 1. an educated person 2. a person who can read and write ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. able to read and write. --n. a literate person. Derivatives literately adv. Etymology: ME f. L litteratus (as LETTER) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. грамотный человек 2. широко образованный человек the literate —- интеллигенция, образованные слои общества 3. грамотный 4. образованный a remarkably literate young man —- исключительно эрудированный молодой человек 5. литературно образованный literate man —- литератор; любитель и знаток литературы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) грамотный 2) образованный, ученый 2. noun 1) грамотный человек 2) образованный, ученый человек ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c., from L. literatus "lettered, learned," formed in imitation of Gk. grammatikos from L. litera "letter." Literacy was formed in Eng. and first appears 1883, but illiteracy dates back to 1660. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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