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Noun Concept
Categories: All articles containing potentially dated statements, Learning to read, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Applied linguistics, Writing
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literacy  illiterate  adult literacy  adult literacy rate  biliteracy
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The ability to read and write WordNet 3.0
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The ability to read and write WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. Wikipedia
Ability to read for knowledge, write coherently, and think critically about the written word; ability to read, write, and use arithmetic Wikidata
A person who cannot read and write. OmegaWiki
The ability to read and write. Wiktionary
Ability to read and write. Wiktionary (translation)