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How to pronounce literate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms literate person
Type of somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual
Has types alphabetiser, alphabetizer, reader, writer
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computer literate.
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Examples of literate

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Sophia, for her age is pretty literate, and unusually curious about most things.
From the foxbusiness.com
At 5, I was less needy than my newborn brother and less literate than my sister.
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Viljoen, whose literate, lovely blog, 66 Square Feet, is a memoir told in meals.
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These tales were often collected by literate men, and turned into written works.
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If you're going to be an anti government treasonist, at least be a literate one.
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But few people write programs, so hardly anybody is literally computer literate.
From the economist.com
Ultimately, information literate people are those who have learned how to learn.
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Even today, parents usually read these tales to their not-yet-literate children.
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Approximately 56% of adults are literate, and life expectancy is about 64 years.
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  • A person who can read and write
  • Versed in literature; dealing with literature
  • Knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields; "computer literate"
  • (literacy) the ability to read and write
  • Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read and write. It is a concept claimed and defined by a range of different theoretical fields. ...
  • (literately) In the way of one who is literate
  • (Literacy) reading, writing, and the creative and analytical acts involved in producing and comprehending texts.
  • (Literacy) An individual's ability to read, write, and speak in English, compute, and solve problems, at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job, in the family of the individual, and in society.
  • (Literacy) definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 37.8% male: 49.7% female: 25.8% (2001 est.)