Antonym: illiteracy. Similar words: illiteracy, literally, literate, literary, literature, obliterate, illiterate, alliteration. Meaning: ['lɪtərəsɪ] 
n. the ability to read and write.
n. the ability to read and write. 
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1. Far more resources are needed to improve adult literacy.
2. Many adults have some problems with literacy and numeracy.
3. I can't believe that he failed the literacy test.
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4. All the children are tested in basic literacy.
5. Six months later John had developed literacy and numeracy skills, plus confidence.
6. the latest statistics on the literacy and numeracy of eleven to sixteen-year-olds.
7. Computer literacy is becoming as essential as the ability to drive a car.
8. The literacy rate there is the highest in Central America.
9. A high standard of literacy, however[sentencedict.com], will be required.
10. Computer literacy is becoming the universal language of business.
11. This adds difficulties to literacy work.
12. Freire introduced highly successful literacy programs in Brazil.
13. Literacy, by definition, is shared knowledge.
14. Literacy can be gained by brutalizing the imagination.
15. It appears that literacy causes myopia.
16. Bob Dole has taken an interest in literacy.
17. Its literacy struggle rode the crest of revolution.
18. Both cities have high literacy rates.
19. The main voluntary agency dealing with literacy is Marxist.
20. Or do they need a mass literacy programme?
21. Languages should be considered a key skill alongside literacy, numeracy, and information and communications technology, the report says.
22. The booklets that have been transcribed by literacy workers need not have a national or even citywide appeal.
23. As Douglas Guerero, in charge of the literacy campaign pointed out, this' has not been induced by the institutions themselves.
24. Adelaida Parra coordinates seven literacy groups each week spending long hours travelling by bus between the distant shanty towns.
25. She has a sure grasp of social issues such as literacy, poverty and child care.
26. Political selection is more dependent on sophistry and less on economic literacy.
27. For psychologists and educators concerned with the reading process or with the teaching of literacy, these insights marked a new beginning.
28. Furthermore, such modes of discussion are expected to conform also to the rules of professional literacy discourse.
29. There was muttering too in the universities about a general decline in standards of literacy and numeracy among undergraduates.
30. He has set up the Starbucks Foundation to help improve literacy rates.
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