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Webster 1913 Edition

Literacy

Lit′er-a-cy

(lĭt′ẽr-ȧ-sy̆)

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Noun.

State of being literate.

Definition 2024

literacy

literacy

English

Noun

literacy ‎(plural literacies)

the ability to read
understanding of something (ex. computer literacy)

Antonyms

illiteracy

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

ability to read

Catalan: alfabetisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 認字 (zh), 认字 (zh) ‎(rènzì), 識字 (zh), 识字 (zh) ‎(shízì), 讀寫能力 (zh), 读写能力 (zh) ‎(dúxiě nénglì)
Czech: gramotnost f
Dutch: alfabetisering, alfabetisme (nl)
Finnish: lukutaito (fi)
French: littératie (fr), littérisme (fr), alphabétisme (fr) m
German: Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit f
Greek: αλφαβητισμός (el) m ‎(alfavitismós)
Irish: litearthacht f
Italian: alfabetismo (it) m, alfabetizzazione (it) f

Kurdish:
Sorani: خوێنده‌واری ‎(xwéndewarí)
Portuguese: alfabetização (pt) f, alfabetismo m
Romanian: alfabetizare (ro) f, alfabetism n, instruire (ro) f, școlire (ro) f
Russian: гра́мотность (ru) f ‎(grámotnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: писменост f

Roman: pismenost (sh) f
Spanish: alfabetismo m
Tagalog: kanulatan
Turkish: okuryazarlık (tr)

understanding of something

Chinese:
Mandarin: 能力 (zh) ‎(nénglì)
Czech: gramotnost f
Finnish: lukutaito (fi)
German: Kenntnisse (de) f pl, Bildung (de) f

Greek: γνώση (el) f ‎(gnósi)
Russian: гра́мотность (ru) f ‎(grámotnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: litearrachd f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: писменост f

Roman: pismenost (sh) f

External links

literacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
literacy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911