literate
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definition
noun
If these were wanton act of miscreants, one incident that took place inside the Government Medical College campus on Thursday has proved that even the literates are not bothered to ‘rescue’ a roadside tree from being consumed by flames.
a literate person.
adjective
Most of us are familiar with the concept of literacy as it applies to reading and writing and it is generally accepted that being literate means being able to decipher the written word and compose written work.
(of a person) able to read and write.
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And though I am a writer myself, I am not referring to the media of the written word - because the 'literate' are all too often the most persuadable of the virtues of a dialogue across all kinds of boundaries.
Books of 'literate' and entertaining essays on occasional topics - what used to be called belles-lettres - are no longer common, and that is a shame.
In the case of English the answer is obvious: everyone in today's society needs to be 'literate' and able to communicate well.
The printing press didn't abolish war, but it did create a 'literate' population that was able to educate itself.
As for the Roman empire, he argues that a high degree of literacy can only be assumed for the urban upper classes and that only a few artisans and traders and even fewer farmers and rural workers would have been 'literate' .
Even those already 'literate' in English adjusted to the new Creole system within five minutes.
And this is the portion of the population who are computer 'literate' .
To return to the slave narratives, they are in themselves very revealing of the scepticism directed toward the 'literate' slave both in their own time and in our histories of them.
And like all learning, becoming 'literate' is a lifelong process.
I want to make Maine the most digitally 'literate' society on Earth.
That ability to create empathy is another mark of a spiritually 'literate' movie.
From her novels, I thought she was considerably more theologically 'literate' and orthodox.
Some of the more 'literate' ones did write down a few particulars soon after the fracas in letters to friends and relatives.
But is it not the case that literature supersedes history, as one of the ultimate signifiers in a universe 'literate' in necessary layers of meanings?
At present most 'literate' Africans can read English or French.
As you would expect from such a 'literate' , well travelled and much experienced man, the brief author's note at the end is full of good stuff.
To suggest that the number of monks who were actually 'literate' is quite small should not be taken to mean that they had no experience with literacy or were completely unlearned.
I enjoyed reading the transcripts of David's well-crafted, highly 'literate' speeches.
A thousand years ago, technology severely limited the amount of words the average 'literate' person could read in a lifetime.
If society at large became more 'literate' then the clergy could more readily be recruited from the laity; they did not have to remain what they had come close to being, a hereditary caste.
The ensemble playing is lock tight, the soloists are eloquent; the seven pieces (five of them composed by group members) are 'literate' and stimulating.
Why is it so hard to find a moderately theologically 'literate' reporter?
I think comparative religion is a wonderful study, and we should be more theologically 'literate' than we are.
Within a few years, most Cherokees had become 'literate' in their own language.
This was especially so among the clergy, many of whom were barely 'literate' .
To ensure that all theories meet these standards, it is essential that people be sufficiently scientifically 'literate' .
A modern state needed a population 'literate' in the official language, and a population that was disciplined either by religious instruction or by a secular civic morality.
In fact, they benefited greatly from the studies and were encouraged to become more biblically 'literate' .
Today, many moviegoers have become psychologically 'literate' , and Hollywood reflects this change.
When the person loses the capability to derive and create meaning in a culturally significant way, he or she becomes less, not more, 'literate' .
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