Definitions for literacy

literacy lit·er·a·cy

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

Literacy is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 397 anagrams from letters in literacy (aceilrty).

Definitions for literacy

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 literacy

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

Examples for literacy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scholars have looked at literacy from all these perspectives.

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

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

Word Value for literacy
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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