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   Il·lit·er·ate

   /i(l)ˈlidərət/

   

   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"
   • ▪ (especially of a piece of writing) showing a lack of education, especially an inability to read or write well: "as you can see, I have corrected your misspelled, 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?

   • It accordingly searches out illiterate children of school age, or persons smitten with infectious disease. The final d is also omitted by illiterate speakers; Usted is pronounced Uste, and even de becomes e. B and v are interchangeable. Illiterate definition: unable to read and write. See examples of ILLITERATE used in a sentence.

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   Why is illiteracy important?

   • Ardila). Illiterates represent a significant proportion of the world's population. Written language not only plays a role in mediating cognition, but also extends our knowledge of the world. Two major reasons for illiteracy can be distinguished, social (e.g., absence of schools), and personal (e.g., learning difficulties).

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   What is the difference between literate and illiterate people?

   • Illiterate persons use strategies that are good for semantic processing, but inadequate for explicit phonological analysis, while literate individuals are able to use several parallel running strategies.

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   Why are people illiterate?

   • Those who are illiterate due to personal reasons are quite likely to have atypically functioning brains and cognitive systems. One way around this problem is to compare individuals to themselves rather than to other populations.

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of ILLITERATE. [more illiterate; most illiterate] 1. : not knowing how to read or write. an illiterate person. She didn't want anyone to know that she was illiterate. — opposite literate. 2. : having or showing a lack of knowledge about a particular subject.

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   ILLITERATE meaning: not able to read or write. Learn more.

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   adjective. unable to read and write: an illiterate group. having or demonstrating very little or no education. showing lack of culture, especially in language and literature. displaying a marked lack of knowledge in a particular field: He is musically illiterate. noun. an illiterate person. illiterate. / ɪˈlɪtərɪt / adjective.

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   illiterate. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English il‧lit‧e‧rate1 /ɪˈlɪtərət/ adjective 1 someone who is illiterate has not learned to read or write 2 badly written, in an uneducated way It was an illiterate letter, full of mistakes. 3 → economically/politically/scientifically etc illiterate —illiteracy noun ...

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   Definitions of 'illiterate' 1. Someone who is illiterate does not know how to read or write. [...] 1. An illiterate is someone who is illiterate. [...] 2. If you describe someone as musically, technologically, or economically illiterate, you mean that they do not know much about music, technology, or economics. [...] More. Synonyms of 'illiterate'

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   Dec 1, 2010 · Illiterates represent a significant proportion of the world's population. Written language not only plays a role in mediating cognition, but also extends our knowledge of the world. Two major reasons for illiteracy can be distinguished, social (e.g., absence of schools), and personal (e.g., learning difficulties).

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   See illiterate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Definition of illiterate adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.