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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Recent Examples of literate
The overall average literacy score in the U.S. is similar that of Germany and the U.K., and America is more literate than countries like France, Italy, Poland, and Spain, .
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Jasmine Laws, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
When her friends started getting divorced a few years later, a lot of them didn’t have any money, weren’t financially literate, and felt trapped.
—Ginger Gentile, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Everett’s Jim is not the caricature often associated with Twain’s portrayal but a literate, introspective man whose intellect and strategic thinking shine through.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Discovering the fun of creating with acceptance of the parameters of how their truths could most profoundly connect evolved their sound into one that fully embraces the cinematic and literate evolutions of their sound and style.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 16 Oct. 2024
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Jasmine Laws, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
When her friends started getting divorced a few years later, a lot of them didn’t have any money, weren’t financially literate, and felt trapped.
—Ginger Gentile, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Everett’s Jim is not the caricature often associated with Twain’s portrayal but a literate, introspective man whose intellect and strategic thinking shine through.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Discovering the fun of creating with acceptance of the parameters of how their truths could most profoundly connect evolved their sound into one that fully embraces the cinematic and literate evolutions of their sound and style.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for literate
Adjective
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Asian-Americans are one of the most educated and economically successful demographic groups in the United States, with significant representation in fields such as technology, medicine, engineering, and finance.—
John Wang,
New York Daily News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Critical thinking allows individuals to make educated decisions based on hard data rather than emotion.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Both winners will be announced at the FICA ceremony, establishing a new platform for recognizing both creative and scholarly contributions to regional cinema.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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About 119,000 scholarly journal articles and conference papers are published globally every week, or more than 6 million a year.—
Guillaume Cabanac,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2025
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People, many of whom had never ventured beyond the civilized comforts of the east, found themselves in a wild frontier fraught with dangers unimaginable by today’s standards.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Walking and using transit is a civilized and humane way to live, good for both personal and community health.—
Michael O’Hare,
The Mercury News,
11 Dec. 2024
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“Literate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literate. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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