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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง literate = ‘LIT-er-it’

ออกเสียง illiterate = ‘ih-LIT-er-it’

 

NECTEC’s Lexitron-2 Dictionary

ให้คำแปล literate = Adj. รู้หนังสือ มีการศึกษา

ให้คำแปล illiterate = N. คนไร้การศึกษา Adj. ซี่งไม่รู้หนังสือ

 

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

Literate & illiterate

The basic distinctions between these words

are treated in the entry ILLITERATE

 

In addition to meaning “able to read and write, “

Literate means “literary” 

and “possessing skill, polish, and refinement”:

“Everyone should be able to read and write. But it requires hard work and much study to become truly literate,”

 

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

illiterate = unable to read and write;

= having little or no formal education:

He has a lot of native intelligence but he is illiterate.

Not to be confused with:

alliterate = to use two or more words having the same initial sound,

as in: Sister Suzie sews shirts for sixty-six seasick sailors.

 

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language

lit′er·ate·ly adv.

lit′er·ate·ness n.

Usage Note:

For most of its long history in English,

literate has meant only "familiar with literature,"

or more generally, "well-educated, learned."

Only since the late 1800s has it also come to refer to 

the basic ability to read and write.

Its antonym illiterate has an equally broad range of meanings:

an illiterate person may be incapable of reading a shopping list

or uneducated in a particular field.

 

The term functional illiterate is often used 

to describe a person who can read or write to some degree

but below a minimum level 

required to function in even a limited social situation or job setting.

An aliterate person, by contrast, 

is one who is capable of reading and writing

but who has little interest in doing so,

whether out of indifference to learning in general

or from a preference 

for seeking information and entertainment by other means.

 

The meanings of the words literacy and illiteracy 

have been extended 

from their original connection with reading and literature

to any body of knowledge.

For example, 

"geographic illiterates" cannot identify the countries on a map,

and "computer illiterates" are unable to operate computers effectively.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for 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. an ignorant fool ignorant of nuclear physics

 

ILLITERATE applies to either an absolute or a relative inability 

to read and write. 

much of the population is still illiterate

 

UNLETTERED implies ignorance of the knowledge 

gained by reading. 

an allusion meaningless to the unlettered

 

UNTUTORED may imply lack of schooling in the arts 

and ways of civilization. 

strange monuments built by an untutored people

UNLEARNED suggests ignorance of advanced subjects. 

poetry not for academics but for the unlearned masses

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

lliterate, Aliterate, and Innumerate 

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.

 

Illiteracy may be contrasted with aliteracy,

which is “the quality or state of being able to read 

but uninterested in doing so.” 

And in case you were wondering,

a person who is unable to understand or perform basic mathematics,

as opposed to reading, is innumerate.

 

Collins COBUILD English Usage

Literal & literary & literate

 

1. 'literal'

The literal meaning of a word is its most basic meaning.

She was older than I was, and not only in the literal sense.

The literal meaning of the Greek word hamartia, 

translated as sin, is 'missing the mark'.

 

2. 'literary'

Literary words and expressions are used to 

create a special effect in poems or novels,

and are not usually used in ordinary speech or writing.

'Awaken' and 'waken' are old-fashioned or literary words.

Literary also means 'connected with literature'.

...literary critics.

...literary magazines.

3. 'literate'

A literate person is able to read and write.

Only half the children are literate.