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Noun: literacy  li-tu-ru-see
  1. The ability to read and write

Derived forms: literacies

See also: illiterate

Type of: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill

Antonym: illiteracy

Encyclopedia: Literacy, Computer

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