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literate
/ˈlɪtəɹət/
adj 3noun 2
Collocations
9(adj.)
VERBS
be | become
ADV
highly, very
She comes from a very literate family where reading books was always encouraged at home.
fully
By age seven, most children in wealthy countries are fully literate and can read simple books independently.
barely, hardly
My grandfather could hardly read or write, though he was hardly literate by today's standards.
fairly, quite | economically, musically, politically, technologically
PREP
in
My grandfather became literate in French after moving to Canada as a young man.
PHRASES
computer literate
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