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literateness

literateness noun: the quality of being literate.

Noun

literateness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being literate.

Origin of literateness

From literate + -ness.

Questions about literateness

What does literateness mean?
Literateness means the quality of being literate.
What part of speech is literateness?
Literateness is a noun.

Words near literateness in the dictionary

  1. literata
  2. literatae
  3. literate
  4. literate programming
  5. literately
  6. literateness
  7. literates
  8. literatesque
  9. literatesqueness
  10. literateur
  11. literateurs

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