ALITERATES | • aliterates n. Plural of aliterate. • ALITERATE n. one who is nonliterate. |
ALLITERATE | • alliterate v. (Intransitive) To exhibit alliteration. • alliterate v. (Transitive) To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration. • ALLITERATE v. to form an alliteration. |
ILLITERACY | • illiteracy n. (Uncountable) The inability to read and write. • illiteracy n. (Uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage. • illiteracy n. (Countable) A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person. |
ILLITERATE | • illiterate adj. Unable to read and write. • illiterate adj. Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education. • illiterate adj. Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing. |
LITERACIES | • literacies n. Plural of literacy. • LITERACY n. the ability to read and write. |
LITERALISE | • literalise v. Alternative form of literalize. • LITERALISE v. to make literal, also LITERALIZE. |
LITERALISM | • literalism n. Literal interpretation or understanding; adherence to the exact letter or precise significance, as in… • literalism n. (Art) The style of art portraying a subject as literally and accurately as possible. • LITERALISM n. adherence to the explicit substance of an idea or expression. |
LITERALIST | • literalist n. A person who adheres to the literal representation of a statement or law. • literalist n. A person who translates a text literally. • literalist n. (Art) One who works in the style of literalism. |
LITERALITY | • literality n. The condition of being literal. • LITERALITY n. the quality of being literal. |
LITERALIZE | • literalize v. To make literal or prosaic. • LITERALIZE v. to make literal, also LITERALISE. |
LITERARILY | • literarily adv. In a literary manner. • LITERARY adv. pertaining to books and writings. |
LITERATELY | • literately adv. In the way of one who is literate. • LITERATE adv. able to read and write. |
LITERATION | • literation n. The use of letters to represent sounds, words, etc., in a language. • LITERATION n. representation of sounds by letters. |
LITERATORS | • literators n. Plural of literator. • LITERATOR n. a dabbler in learning. |
LITERATURE | • literature n. The body of all written works. • literature n. The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture. • literature n. (Usually preceded by the) All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject. |
NONLITERAL | • nonliteral adj. Not literal. • nonliteral n. (Programming, logic) That which is not a literal. • NONLITERAL adj. not literal. |
OBLITERATE | • obliterate v. To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy. • OBLITERATE v. to erase or blot out. |
TRILITERAL | • triliteral adj. Of word roots in Afroasiatic languages: consisting of three letters. • triliteral n. A word root in an Afroasiatic language that consists of three letters. • TRILITERAL adj. consisting of three letters. |
UNILITERAL | • uniliteral adj. Consisting of a single letter. • UNILITERAL adj. consisting of one letter only; as, a uniliteral word or sign. |
UNLITERARY | • unliterary adj. Not associated with literature; especially, not associated with artistic literature. • UNLITERARY adj. not literary. |