literate
സാക്ഷരത
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
From her novels, I thought she was considerably more theologically 'literate' and orthodox.
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.
To ensure that all theories meet these standards, it is essential that people be sufficiently scientifically 'literate' .
The most key ingredient is a scientifically 'literate' work force and general population.
And this is the portion of the population who are computer 'literate' .
Within a few years, most Cherokees had become 'literate' in their own language.
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.
The productive sector of the economy of any industrial nation demands a scientifically 'literate' labor force.
In the case of English the answer is obvious: everyone in today's society needs to be 'literate' and able to communicate well.
Today, many moviegoers have become psychologically 'literate' , and Hollywood reflects this change.
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.
That ability to create empathy is another mark of a spiritually 'literate' movie.
Some of the more 'literate' ones did write down a few particulars soon after the fracas in letters to friends and relatives.
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.
The printing press didn't abolish war, but it did create a 'literate' population that was able to educate itself.
This was especially so among the clergy, many of whom were barely 'literate' .
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.
I think comparative religion is a wonderful study, and we should be more theologically 'literate' than we are.
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?
The ensemble playing is lock tight, the soloists are eloquent; the seven pieces (five of them composed by group members) are 'literate' and stimulating.
And the book turns out to be intelligent, 'literate' , and thoughtful.
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.
More than 80 percent of its population is 'literate' , and life expectancy is over 70 years.
I enjoyed reading the transcripts of David's well-crafted, highly 'literate' speeches.
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 present most 'literate' Africans can read English or French.
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' .
And like all learning, becoming 'literate' is a lifelong process.
Even those already 'literate' in English adjusted to the new Creole system within five minutes.
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