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.
example
The printing press didn't abolish war, but it did create a 'literate' population that was able to educate itself.
That ability to create empathy is another mark of a spiritually 'literate' movie.
The productive sector of the economy of any industrial nation demands a scientifically 'literate' labor force.
Why is it so hard to find a moderately theologically 'literate' reporter?
To ensure that all theories meet these standards, it is essential that people be sufficiently scientifically 'literate' .
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.
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.
I want to make Maine the most digitally 'literate' society on Earth.
This was especially so among the clergy, many of whom were barely 'literate' .
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.
At the beginning of the 18th century only ten per cent of the people were 'literate' in Wales, but revival brought change.
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?
I think comparative religion is a wonderful study, and we should be more theologically 'literate' than we are.
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.
Shared experience beyond these things would have involved, for the 'literate' among them, the Bible, or oft-recited poems and some popular books.
From her novels, I thought she was considerably more theologically 'literate' and orthodox.
And this is the portion of the population who are computer 'literate' .
Indeed, in such a 'literate' society the ability to read and write had become a major social fault line.
Some of the more 'literate' ones did write down a few particulars soon after the fracas in letters to friends and relatives.
When the person loses the capability to derive and create meaning in a culturally significant way, he or she becomes less, not more, 'literate' .
It is true language changes over time but its development must be driven by the 'literate' if cohesion is to be maintained.
I enjoyed reading the transcripts of David's well-crafted, highly 'literate' speeches.
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.
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' .
The written form of Arabic is the same for all 'literate' Arabs (those able to read and write), regardless of how different their spoken dialects are.
And the book turns out to be intelligent, 'literate' , and thoughtful.
Within a few years, most Cherokees had become 'literate' in their own language.
In the case of English the answer is obvious: everyone in today's society needs to be 'literate' and able to communicate well.
More than 80 percent of its population is 'literate' , and life expectancy is over 70 years.
Even those already 'literate' in English adjusted to the new Creole system within five minutes.
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