literate

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literate/ˈlɪtərət/

▶adjective

• 1 able to read and write.

• 2 educated or knowledgeable: politically literate.

▶noun a literate person.

– derivatives
literately adverb.

– origin ME: from L. litteratus, from littera (see letter).