A person who is able to read and write. / (historical) A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders.

Able to read and write; having literacy. / Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read. / Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).

In the way of one who is literate.

plural of literate

The quality of being literate.

plural of liter

(American spelling) Alternative form of litre, one cubic decimeter.

Literal interpretation or understanding; adherence to the exact letter or precise significance, as in interpreting or translating.

Word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.