literacy

«literacy» in Mova's school dictionary: the ability to read and write — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (literacy); uncountable

meaning for a pupil

1) Literacy is the ability to read and write. tree →

2) Literacy is knowledge and skill in a certain area, such as computer literacy, money literacy or media literacy. tree →

sense in the lessons

School: «literacy lessons» (UK) for reading and writing; World Literacy Day; charities teach adults to read. Citizenship: media literacy helps you spot fake news. It tells the reader about skills for learning.

examples

• We have literacy every morning. tree →
• Literacy helps people get good jobs. tree →
• Our class learns media literacy to spot fake news. tree →
• Financial literacy means understanding money. tree →
• The charity improves literacy in poor areas. tree →
• Digital literacy means using computers safely and well. tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: literate (able to read and write); opposite: illiteracy, illiterate. Related to «letter».

In the corpora

• Then in literacy Grace reads out a story about a dinosaur who opens a bakery — Lily's idea, from Tuesday.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «literacy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.