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3. (cf : figuative)if you use a word or expression in its literal sense, you use it with its most basic meaning or with its main meaning . Eg. The ~ meaning of television is seeing from a distance. Her translation is too ~ (= done one word at a time and therefore unnatural). Richard can be very ~-minded sometimes. When I said Id rather die than spend a weekend with Nancy, he thought I meant it. literacy n. [U] the ability to read and write识字 literate adj. (cf. illiterate) 识字的 Eg. According to the latest national survey, illiterate r