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How to pronounce “illiteracy”
Hear “illiteracy” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for illiteracy
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of illiteracy with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- A Street Librarian's Quest to Bring Books to Everyone
We know communities with high illiteracy rates are often plagued with poverty,
- Definition summary
- (uncountable) The inability to read and write.
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How to pronounce illiteracy
A Street Librarian's Quest to Bring Books to Everyone
We know communities with high illiteracy rates are often plagued with poverty,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “illiteracy”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (uncountable) The inability to read and write.
- (uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage.
- (countable) A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
- (uncountable, by extension) Unlearnedness; the state of being ignorant or unlettered.
Practice Nearby Words
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