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educated | illiteracy |

As an adjective educated

is having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.

As a verb educated

is (educate).

As a noun illiteracy is

(uncountable) the inability to read.

educated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * uneducated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (educate)

    • illiteracy

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The inability to read.
    • Illiteracy is widespread in certain areas of the country.
  • (uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read, generally given as a percentage.
  • (countable) A word, phrase or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.

    • Quotations

    (English Citations of "illiteracy")

    Antonyms

    * literacy

    Related terms

    * aliteracy * illiterate