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Illiterate meaning in English

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Illiterate

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Noun

1. illiterate, illiterate person, nonreader

a person unable to read

Adjective

2. illiterate

not able to read or write

3. ignorant, illiterate

uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

Example Sentences:
'she is ignorant of quantum mechanics'
'he is musically illiterate'

4. illiterate

lacking culture, especially in language and literature

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Illiterate

see synonyms of illiterate
adjective
1. 
unable to read and write
2. 
violating accepted standards in reading and writing
an illiterate scrawl
3. 
uneducated, ignorant, or uncultured
scientifically illiterate
noun
4. 
an illiterate person

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Illiterate

see synonyms of illiterate
adjective
1. 
ignorant; uneducated; esp., not knowing how to read or write
2. 
having or showing limited knowledge, experience, or culture, esp. in some particular field
musically illiterate
3. 
violating accepted usage in language
an illiterate sentence
noun
4. 
an illiterate person; esp., a person who does not know how to read or write

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Illiterate

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adj.
1.
a. Unable to read and write.
b. Having little or no formal education.
2.
a. Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature: an illiterate magazine.
b. Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing: a paragraph with several illiterate expressions.
3. Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge: musically illiterate. See Usage Note at literate.
n.
1. A person who is illiterate.
2. (used with a pl. verb) People who are illiterate, considered as a group.

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