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literacy [ˈlɪtərəsɪ] n
1. the ability to read and write 2. the ability to use language proficiently ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
literacy noun education, learning, knowledge, scholarship, cultivation, proficiency, articulacy, ability to read and write, articulateness Many of them have some problems with literacy and numeracy. Translations literacy [ˈlɪtərəsɪ] A. N → alfabetismo m, capacidad f de leer y escribir literacy is low in Burkina Faso → el grado de alfabetización es bajo en Burkina Faso B. CPD literacy campaign N → campaña f de alfabetización literacy project, literacy scheme N → programa m de alfabetización literacy test N → prueba f básica de lectura y escritura literacy [ˈlɪtərəsi] n basic literacy and numeracy → des notions élémentaires de lecture, d'écriture et de calcul people who have problems with literacy and numeracy → les personnes qui ont des difficultés pour lire, écrire et compter literacy n → Fähigkeit f → lesen und schreiben zu können; many adults have problems with literacy → viele Erwachsene haben Probleme mit dem Lesen und Schreiben; literacy campaign → Kampagne f → gegen das Analphabetentum, Alphabetisierungskampagne f; the literacy rate in this region is only 30% → die Analphabetenquote in dieser Region beträgt 70%; literacy is high here → die Analphabetenquote hier ist niedrig; literacy test → Lese- und Schreibtest m literacy [ˈlɪt/ərəsɪ] n → il saper leggere e scrivere literacy [ˈlɪt/ərəsɪ] n → il saper leggere e scrivere How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The view taken by Allen and Sikes, amongst other scholars, is doubtless right, that these longer hymns are only technically preludes and show to what disproportionate lengths a simple literacy form can be developed. Hunt was a great poetic stimulus to Keats, but he is largely responsible for the flippant jauntiness and formlessness of Keats' earlier poetry, and the connection brought on Keats from the outset the relentless hostility of the literacy critics, who had dubbed Hunt and his friends 'The Cockney [i. |
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