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• Literately

  [lit-er-it] /ˈlɪt ər ɪt/ adjective 1. able to read and write. 2. having or showing knowledge of literature, writing, etc.; literary; well-read. 3. characterized by skill, lucidity, polish, or the like: His writing is literate but cold and clinical. 4. having knowledge or skill in a specified field: Is she computer literate? The boss needs […]

• Literate programming

  programming, text Combining the use of a text formatting language such as TeX and a conventional programming language so as to maintain documentation and source code together. Literate programming may use the inverse comment convention. Perl’s literate programming system is called pod. (2003-09-24)

• Literati

  [lit-uh-rah-tee] /ˌlɪt əˈrɑ ti/ plural noun, singular literatus [lit-uh-rah-tuh s] /ˌlɪt əˈrɑ təs/ (Show IPA) 1. persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals. /ˌlɪtəˈrɑːtiː/ plural noun 1. literary or scholarly people n. “men and women of letters; the learned class as a whole,” 1620s, from Latin literati/litterati, plural of literatus/litteratus “lettered” (see literate). The proper […]

• Literatim

  [lit-uh-rey-tim] /ˌlɪt əˈreɪ tɪm/ adverb 1. letter-for-letter; literally. [wer-bah-tim et lee-te-rah-tim; English ver-bey-tim et lit-uh-rey-tim] /wɛrˈbɑ tɪm ɛt ˌli tɛˈrɑ tɪm; English vərˈbeɪ tɪm ɛt ˌlɪt əˈreɪ tɪm/ adverb, Latin. 1. word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words. /ˌlɪtəˈrɑːtɪm/ adverb 1. letter for letter

• Literation

  /ˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən/ noun 1. the use of letters to represent sounds or words n. “representation of sounds by alphabetic letters,” 1843, from Latin litera (see letter (n.1)) + -ation.

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