"literacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪtəɹəsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɪtɹəsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɪtəɹəsi/ [General-American], [-ɾ(ə)ɹə-] [General-American], /ˈlɪtɹəsi/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-literacy.ogg [US] Forms: literacies [plural]
Etymology: From literate + -cy. Etymology templates: {{m|en|literate}} literate, {{m|en|-cy}} -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} literacy (countable and uncountable, plural literacies)
  1. The ability to read and write. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (ability to read and write): savad (Azerbaijani), alfabetisme [masculine] (Catalan), خوێندەواری (xwêndewarî) (Central Kurdish), 認字 (Chinese Mandarin), 认字 (rènzì) (Chinese Mandarin), 識字 (Chinese Mandarin), 识字 (shízì) (Chinese Mandarin), 讀寫能力 (Chinese Mandarin), 读写能力 (dúxiě nénglì) (Chinese Mandarin), gramotnost [feminine] (Czech), alfabetisering (Dutch), alfabetisme (Dutch), luku- ja kirjoitustaito (Finnish), lukutaito (Finnish), littératie (French), littérisme (French), alphabétisme [masculine] (French), alfabetización [feminine] (Galician), წერა-კითხვის უნარი (c̣era-ḳitxvis unari) (Georgian), წერა-კითხვის ცოდნა (c̣era-ḳitxvis codna) (Georgian), წერა-კითხვა (c̣era-ḳitxva) (Georgian), Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit [feminine] (German), αλφαβητισμός (alfavitismós) [masculine] (Greek), אוריינות (orianút) [feminine] (Hebrew), írástudás (Hungarian), literasi (Indonesian), litearthacht [feminine] (Irish), alfabetismo [masculine] (Italian), alfabetizzazione [feminine] (Italian), писменост (pismenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), സാക്ഷരത (sākṣarata) (Malayalam), piśmienność [feminine] (Polish), alfabetyzm [masculine] (Polish), alfabetização [feminine] (Portuguese), alfabetismo [masculine] (Portuguese), letramento [masculine] (Portuguese), literacia [feminine] (Portuguese), alfabetizare [feminine] (Romanian), alfabetism [neuter] (Romanian), instruire [feminine] (Romanian), școlire [feminine] (Romanian), știință de carte [feminine] (Romanian), гра́мотность (grámotnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), litearrachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), писменост [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pismenost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alfabetismo [masculine] (Spanish), läskunnighet (english: ability to read) [common-gender] (Swedish), skrivkunnighet (english: ability to write) [common-gender] (Swedish), läs- och skrivkunnighet (english: ability to read and write) [common-gender] (Swedish), kanulatan (Tagalog), అక్షరాస్యత (akṣarāsyata) (Telugu), การรู้หนังสือ (Thai), okuryazarlık (Turkish), okuma yazma (Turkish), письме́нність (pysʹménnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), гра́мотність (hrámotnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), llythrennedd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-literacy-en-noun-6DMG-bFH Disambiguation of 'ability to read and write': 62 38
  2. (by extension) The ability to understand and evaluate something. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (understanding of something): savad (Azerbaijani), 能力 (nénglì) (Chinese Mandarin), gramotnost [feminine] (Czech), lukutaito (Finnish), compréhension [feminine] (French), წიგნიერება (c̣igniereba) (Georgian), მწიგნობრობა (mc̣ignobroba) (Georgian), განათლებულობა (ganatlebuloba) (Georgian), გათვიცნობიერებულობა (gatvicnobierebuloba) (Georgian), Kenntnisse [feminine, plural] (German), Bildung [feminine] (German), γνώση (gnósi) [feminine] (Greek), אוריינות (orianút) [feminine] (Hebrew), literasi (Indonesian), гра́мотность (grámotnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), litearrachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), писменост [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pismenost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cultura [feminine] (Spanish), competencia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-literacy-en-noun-pnc5ET0F Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of 'understanding of something': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Education Related terms: graphicacy, letter, literal, literary, literate, literature, numeracy

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "savad"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alfabetisme"
        },
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          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "認字"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "rènzì",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "认字"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "識字"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shízì",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "识字"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "讀寫能力"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dúxiě nénglì",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "读写能力"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gramotnost"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "alfabetisering"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "alfabetisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "luku- ja kirjoitustaito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "lukutaito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "littératie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "littérisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alphabétisme"
        },
        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alfabetización"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣era-ḳitxvis unari",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "წერა-კითხვის უნარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣era-ḳitxvis codna",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "წერა-კითხვის ცოდნა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣era-ḳitxva",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "წერა-კითხვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "alfavitismós",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αλφαβητισμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "orianút",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "אוריינות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "írástudás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "literasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "litearthacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alfabetismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alfabetizzazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "xwêndewarî",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "خوێندەواری"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pismenost",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "писменост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "sākṣarata",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "സാക്ഷരത"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piśmienność"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alfabetyzm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alfabetização"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alfabetismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "letramento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "literacia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alfabetizare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "alfabetism"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "instruire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "școlire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "știință de carte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "grámotnostʹ",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гра́мотность"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "litearrachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "писменост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pismenost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alfabetismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "ability to read",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "läskunnighet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "ability to write",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "skrivkunnighet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "ability to read and write",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "läs- och skrivkunnighet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "kanulatan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "akṣarāsyata",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "అక్షరాస్యత"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "การรู้หนังสือ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "okuryazarlık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "word": "okuma yazma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pysʹménnistʹ",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "письме́нність"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hrámotnistʹ",
          "sense": "ability to read and write",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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      "code": "az",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "ability to read",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "läskunnighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "ability to write",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skrivkunnighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "ability to read and write",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "läs- och skrivkunnighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "word": "kanulatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "akṣarāsyata",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "word": "అక్షరాస్యత"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "word": "การรู้หนังสือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "word": "okuryazarlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "word": "okuma yazma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pysʹménnistʹ",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "письме́нність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hrámotnistʹ",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гра́мотність"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "ability to read and write",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llythrennedd"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "word": "savad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nénglì",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "word": "能力"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gramotnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "word": "lukutaito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compréhension"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣igniereba",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "word": "წიგნიერება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mc̣ignobroba",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "word": "მწიგნობრობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganatlebuloba",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "word": "განათლებულობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gatvicnobierebuloba",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "word": "გათვიცნობიერებულობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Kenntnisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bildung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gnósi",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γνώση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "orianút",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אוריינות"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "word": "literasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grámotnostʹ",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гра́мотность"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litearrachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "писменост"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pismenost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cultura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "understanding of something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "competencia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "literacy"
}

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