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SEMILITERATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does semiliterate mean?
• SEMILITERATE (adjective)
The adjective SEMILITERATE has 3 senses:
1. literate but poorly informed
2. barely able to read and write
3. able to read but not to write
Familiarity information: SEMILITERATE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Literate but poorly informed
Similar:
educated (possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Barely able to read and write
Context example:
an semiliterate scrawl
Similar:
illiterate (not able to read or write)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Able to read but not to write
Similar:
illiterate (not able to read or write)
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