Literacy

//ˈlɪtəɹəsi//

Synonyms for "literacy" (28 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Strong matches (8)

Related words (14)

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More general

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Antonyms

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Related terms

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coordinate

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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is a

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related to

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Translations

85 translations across 39 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • مَحْو الْأُمِّيَّة noun (ability to read and write)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • savad noun (ability to read and write)
  • savad noun (understanding of something)

Catalan

1 entries
  • alfabetisme noun (ability to read and write)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • خوێندەواری noun (ability to read and write)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 素養 /素养 noun (understanding of something)
  • 能力 noun (understanding of something)
  • 認字 /认字 noun (ability to read and write)
  • 識字 /识字 noun (ability to read and write)

Czech

2 entries
  • gramotnost noun (ability to read and write)
  • gramotnost noun (understanding of something)

Danish

2 entries
  • læsefærdighed noun (ability to read and write)
  • skrivefærdighed noun (ability to read and write)

Dutch

2 entries
  • alfabetisering noun (ability to read and write)
  • alfabetisme noun (ability to read and write)

Finnish

3 entries
  • luku- ja kirjoitustaito noun (ability to read and write)
  • lukutaito noun (ability to read and write)
  • lukutaito noun (understanding of something)

French

4 entries
  • alphabétisme noun (ability to read and write)
  • compréhension noun (understanding of something)
  • littératie noun (ability to read and write)
  • littérisme noun (ability to read and write)

Galician

1 entries
  • alfabetización noun (ability to read and write)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გათვიცნობიერებულობა noun (understanding of something)
  • განათლებულობა noun (understanding of something)
  • მწიგნობრობა noun (understanding of something)
  • წერა-კითხვა noun (ability to read and write)

German

3 entries
  • Bildung noun (understanding of something)
  • Kenntnisse noun (understanding of something)
  • Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit noun (ability to read and write)

Greek

2 entries
  • αλφαβητισμός noun (ability to read and write)
  • γνώση noun (understanding of something)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אוֹרְיָנוּת noun (ability to read and write)
  • אוֹרְיָנוּת noun (understanding of something)

Hindi

2 entries
  • साक्षरता noun (ability to read and write)
  • साक्षरता noun (understanding of something)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • írástudás noun (ability to read and write)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • literasi noun (ability to read and write)
  • literasi noun (understanding of something)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • باسوادی noun (ability to read and write)

Irish

1 entries
  • litearthacht noun (ability to read and write)

Italian

2 entries
  • alfabetismo noun (ability to read and write)
  • alfabetizzazione noun (ability to read and write)

Korean

1 entries
  • 문해 noun (ability to read and write)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • писменост noun (ability to read and write)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • സാക്ഷരത noun (ability to read and write)

Polish

2 entries
  • alfabetyzm noun (ability to read and write)
  • piśmienność noun (ability to read and write)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • alfabetismo noun (ability to read and write)
  • alfabetização noun (ability to read and write)
  • letramento noun (ability to read and write)
  • literacia noun (ability to read and write)

Romanian

4 entries
  • alfabetism noun (ability to read and write)
  • alfabetizare noun (ability to read and write)
  • instruire noun (ability to read and write)
  • școlire noun (ability to read and write)

Russian

2 entries
  • гра́мотность noun (ability to read and write)
  • гра́мотность noun (understanding of something)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • litearrachd noun (ability to read and write)
  • litearrachd noun (understanding of something)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pismenost noun (ability to read and write)
  • pismenost noun (understanding of something)
  • писменост noun (ability to read and write)
  • писменост noun (understanding of something)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alfabetismo noun (ability to read and write)
  • alfabetización noun (ability to read and write)
  • competencia noun (understanding of something)
  • cultura noun (understanding of something)

Swedish

3 entries
  • läs- och skrivkunnighet noun (ability to read and write)
  • läskunnighet noun (ability to read and write)
  • skrivkunnighet noun (ability to read and write)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kanulatan noun (ability to read and write)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అక్షరాస్యత noun (ability to read and write)

Thai

1 entries
  • การรู้หนังสือ noun (ability to read and write)

Turkish

2 entries
  • okuma yazma noun (ability to read and write)
  • okuryazarlık noun (ability to read and write)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • гра́мотність noun (ability to read and write)
  • письме́нність noun (ability to read and write)

Welsh

1 entries
  • llythrennedd noun (ability to read and write)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • mọ̀-ọ́nkọ-mọ̀-ọ́nkà noun (ability to read and write)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Secondly, the literacy rate in Europe of that time was low.

Source: tatoeba (329225)

In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.

Source: tatoeba (401970)

Many new teachers feel ill-prepared to teach basic literacy and numeracy.

Source: tatoeba (450633)

This organisation promotes literacy in rural areas.

Source: tatoeba (674133)

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