Definitions for literacies

literacies lit·er·a·cy

Spelling: [lit-er-uh-see]
IPA: /ˈlɪt ər ə si/

Literacies is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 831 anagrams from letters in literacies (aceeiilrst).

Definitions for literacies

noun

  1. the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
  2. possession of education:
  3. a person's knowledge of a particular subject or field:

Origin of literacies

First recorded in 1880-85; liter(ate) + -acy

Examples for literacies

There was frenzied uproar when she participated in a literacy program to encourage kids to read.

Aliteracy is also part of the broader change in the status of literacy.

By all accounts, restructuring cut the literacy overhead of business.

Most important is the comprehension of the structural implications of literacy.

The dependency of communication on literacy proved to be communication's strength.

Education and literacy, once denied to so many, are universal.

Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.

Scholars have looked at literacy from all these perspectives.

Supporters pointed to math and literacy gains, while critics noted that those improvements disappeared in elementary school.

In 2011, all three countries reported less than 50 percent literacy in their adult population.

Word Value for literacies
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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