Sekirov Dictionary

literate

/ˈlɪtəɹət/

adjective 4
noun 2
forms 3

adjective4

•
Able to read and write; having literacy.
- Intelligence tests are biased toward the literate. — 1997
•
Able to understand and evaluate something.
- I don’t have a college degree. I was never a standout student. And yet, I became financially literate—not just in my personal life, but in running a small company. — 2026
•
Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
- The reason literature plays a unique role in any literate culture is its longevity. — 2008
•
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. — 2005

noun2

A person who is able to read and write.
(historical) A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders.

forms

literates · more literate · most literate

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