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Literate

//ˈlɪtəɹət// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to read and write; having literacy.

    "Intelligence tests are biased toward the literate."

  2. 2
    Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.

    "The reason literature plays a unique role in any literate culture is its longevity."

  3. 3
    Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields wordnet
  2. 2
    versed in literature; dealing with literature wordnet
  3. 3
    able to read and write wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is able to read and write.
  2. 2
    a person who can read and write wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders. historical

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English litterate, borrowed from Latin lītterātus, līterātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of literato and literatus.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English litterate, borrowed from Latin lītterātus, līterātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Doublet of literato and literatus.

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