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   illiterate

   /ɪˈlɪt(ə)rət/

   adjective

   • 1. unable to read or write: "his parents were illiterate" Similar unable to read or writeunletteredanalphabeticfunctionally illiterateOpposite literate
   • ▪ ignorant in a particular subject or activity: "the extent to which voters are politically illiterate" Similar ignorantunknowledgeableuneducateduntaughtunschooleduntutoreduntraineduninstructeduninformedunlearnedunreadunenlightenedbenightedbackwardliterary:nescientOpposite literateknowledgeable
   • ▪ uncultured or poorly educated: "the ignorant, illiterate Town Council"
   • ▪ (of a piece of writing) showing a lack of education; badly written: "as you can see, I have corrected your misspelt, illiterate letter"

   noun

   • 1. a person who is unable to read or write.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin illitteratus, from in- ‘not’ + litteratus (see literate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. illiterately adverb
   • 2. illiterateness noun

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   What does illiterate mean?

   • Illiterate may be used in both specific and general senses. When used specifically, it refers to the inability to read or write. In a more general sense, illiterate may signify a lack of familiarity with some body of knowledge (as in being "musically illiterate") or indicate a lack of competence in or familiarity with literature.

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   What does it mean if you are illiterate in karaoke?

   • Karaoke, which involves singing out the words to songs as they scroll across a big screen, requires the ability to read. If you’re illiterate, you won’t be able to participate. Illiterate, from the Latin illiteratus “unlearned, ignorant,” can describe someone unable to read or write, but it can also imply that a person lacks cultural awareness.

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   Where did the word illiterate come from?

   • First recorded in 1550–60, illiterate is from the Latin word illiterātus unlettered. See il- 2, literate See ignorant. Despite increasing literacy globally, over 770 million adults are still illiterate.

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   What is the difference between ignorant and illiterate?

   • ignorant, illiterate, unlettered, untutored, unlearned mean not having knowledge. ignorant may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing. illiterate applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write.

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   Illiterate means having little or no education, especially unable to read or write. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related phrases of illiterate.

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   Illiterate means unable to read and write, or knowing little or nothing about a particular subject. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, usage and translations from Cambridge Dictionary.

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   adjective. us / ɪˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ət / uk / ɪˈlɪt. ə r.ət / Add to word list. C2. unable to read and write: A surprising percentage of the population is illiterate. Compare. innumerate. knowing little or nothing about a particular subject: computer illiterate. financially / technologically illiterate. Synonyms. benighted literary. clueless informal.

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   Illiterate, from the Latin illiteratus “unlearned, ignorant,” can describe someone unable to read or write, but it can also imply that a person lacks cultural awareness.

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   adjective. unable to read and write. violating accepted standards in reading and writing. an illiterate scrawl. uneducated, ignorant, or uncultured. scientifically illiterate.

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   (of a document or letter) badly written, as if by somebody without much education. Many of the application forms we received were virtually illiterate. That morning I received a somewhat illiterate letter from my client. (usually after a noun or adverb) not knowing very much about a particular subject area. computer-illiterate. musically illiterate

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    Someone who is illiterate does not know how to read or write. A large percentage of the population is illiterate. Synonyms: uneducated , ignorant , unlettered , unable to read and write More Synonyms of illiterate