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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literacy/#m1)

2) Literacy is knowledge and skill in a certain area, such as computer literacy, money literacy or media literacy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literacy/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literacy/#x1)
- Literacy helps people get good jobs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literacy/#x2)
- Our class learns media literacy to spot fake news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literacy/#x3)
- Financial literacy means understanding money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literacy/#x4)
- The charity improves literacy in poor areas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literacy/#x5)
- Digital literacy means using computers safely and well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literacy/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «literacy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/literacy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.