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Usha's mother, Alka, is also unusually well-educated: Although she married at age fifteen, she has a ninth-grade education and is literate.
Chpt 3 *

literate = able to read and write
Some 89 percent of Sri Lankan women are literate, compared to just 43 percent across South Asia.†
Chpt 7
Dai Manju's parents were elementary school dropouts and barely literate.†
Chpt 10
Until women are numerate and literate, it is difficult for them to start businesses or contribute meaningfully to their national economies.†
Chpt 10

Definitions:

(1) (literate)
able to read and write
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely, literate can refer to knowledge in a particular subject area as in: "She is computer literate."

Occasionally literate is also used to indicate a knowledge of literature or writing as in: "I don't remember the name of Odysseus' wife. Ask Susan. She's one of the more literate people I know." or "If you want a highly literate record of the minutes, ask Susan to record them."