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literacy Noun

— Literacy is the ability to read and write. The city has a literacy program for troubled young people. The state has a 98% literacy rate, the highest in the country.

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by Preposition

— near or next to. The mailbox is by the bus stop. — at some time before (the given time). Be back by ten o'clock! — if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. — if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc. There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare. — shows how someone does something I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. — using the rules or logic of. I sorted the items by category. — with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed. Our stock is up by ten percent. — shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs") We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. — If you multiply mathx/math by mathy/math, you multiply mathx/math × mathy/math. Five multiplied by seven is 35. — If you divide mathx/math by mathy/math, you find how many mathy/maths are in mathx/math. 35 divided by seven is five.

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radio Noun

— A radio is piece of electronic equipment that sends or receives signals though the air and plays voice, music, or other sounds. I used to carry a small radio, but now I have an MP3 player. When I'm in the car, I usually listen to the radio. The news will be on the radio in about five minutes. CBC 99.1 FM is my favorite radio station. The pilot tried to contact the airport over the radio.

radio Verb

— If you radio someone, you send a message to them using a radio. — If you radio a message, you send it to someone using a radio.

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programme

— noun (= program) (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute the program required several hundred lines of code — noun (= program) an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event you can't tell the players without a program — noun (= program) a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need he proposed an elaborate program of public works working mothers rely on the day care program — noun (= program) a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation the program lasted more than two hours — verb (= program) write a computer program — verb (= program) arrange a program of or for program the 80th birthday party — noun (= plan) a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished they drew up a six-step plan they discussed plans for a new bond issue — noun (= program) an integrated course of academic studies he was admitted to a new program at the university — noun (= program) a radio or television show did you see his program last night?

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