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   Flu·ent

   /ˈflo͞oənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) able to express oneself easily and articulately: "a fluent speaker and writer on technical subjects" Similar articulateeloquentexpressivecommunicativecoherentcogentilluminatingvividsilver-tonguedpersuasiveglibvolubleOpposite inarticulate
   • ▪ (of a person) able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately: "she became fluent in French and German" Similar articulateable to speak or write … easily and accuratelyhave a (good) command of
   • ▪ (of a foreign language) spoken accurately and with facility: "he spoke fluent Spanish"
   • ▪ (of speech, language, movement, or style) smoothly graceful and easy: "his style of play was fast and fluent" Similar free-flowingsmootheffortlesseasynaturalfluidunbrokenuninterruptedcontinuousgracefulelegantregularrhythmicOpposite jerky
   • ▪ able to flow freely; fluid: "a fluent discharge from the nose"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin fluent- ‘flowing’, from the verb fluere.

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   What does fluent mean?

   • from Latin fluent-, fluens, present participle of fluere "to flow" — related to fluid Nglish: Translation of fluent for Spanish Speakers Britannica English: Translation of fluent for Arabic Speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about fluent Love words? Need even more definitions?

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   How do you describe a person who is fluent in English?

   • 1. able to speak or write, natural, articulate, clear, easy, ready, flowing, smooth He is fluent in Arabic, French and English. 2. effortless, natural, articulate, well-versed, glib, facile, voluble, smooth-spoken He has developed into a fluent debater.

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   What is fluentness in math?

   • (mathematics) A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions. The quality of being fluent. “In the final furlong at Doncaster the fluentness of his forward propulsion was akin to striding out between departure gates on an airport conveyor belt.”

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   What does it mean to be fluent in a story?

   • We say then, in a rather revealing metaphor, that we have become fluent. Instead of using precise words in the story, they expressed the significant facts in their own words to produce a fluent and coherent summary. The lower rate of deletion in faster and less fluent speech indicates that deletion is the result of reduction.

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   fluent: [adjective] capable of flowing : fluid. capable of moving with ease and grace.

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   Fluent definition: spoken or written with ease. See examples of FLUENT used in a sentence.

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   To be fluent in something — like a language or an instrument — is to be able to use it smoothly and effortlessly.

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   Define fluent. fluent synonyms, fluent pronunciation, fluent translation, English dictionary definition of fluent. adj. 1. a. Able to express oneself readily and effortlessly: a fluent speaker; fluent in three languages.

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