as in educated
having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
the columnist's witty and literate comments on current events make her a popular guest on political talk shows
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Available on The Week Bookshop Middlemarch George Eliot, 1871
Lydia, my wonderful and vastly more literate wife, convinced me to read this after years of gentle persuasion.
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The Week Uk, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
Jeff Wheeler, a photographer at the Star Tribune, said Doman challenged the stereotype that photographers aren’t very literate through his love of books, and his Scrabble skills.
—Natasha Delion, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024
Being digitally literate gives you the ability to critically analyze and understand exactly how these tools work.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
To be sure, the reason that 5- and 6-year-olds—children who may not even be literate—have smartwatches is not to delay the purchase of their first smartphone or to ward off social media.
—Emily Tate Sullivan, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
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The Week Uk, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
Jeff Wheeler, a photographer at the Star Tribune, said Doman challenged the stereotype that photographers aren’t very literate through his love of books, and his Scrabble skills.
—Natasha Delion, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024
Being digitally literate gives you the ability to critically analyze and understand exactly how these tools work.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
To be sure, the reason that 5- and 6-year-olds—children who may not even be literate—have smartwatches is not to delay the purchase of their first smartphone or to ward off social media.
—Emily Tate Sullivan, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literate
Adjective
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The key is to find people who can make educated guesses, not just take shots in the dark.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Predictive Maintenance No one can predict the future, but AI can analyze past data to make educated guesses about the future.Matias Recchia, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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There is a lot of scholarly research regarding the ins and outs of wintertime blues.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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But plenty of scholarly studies have confirmed formaldehyde’s presence in our everyday lives and mirror our findings.Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
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This is a full-scale aggression by a deranged state against a civilized one.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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The Soviet leadership must find the wisdom to settle this case quickly in accordance with the dictates of simple human decency and of civilized national behavior.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Literate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literate. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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