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fluent

Pronunciation: /ˈfluːənt/
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Definition of fluent

adjective

  • 1able to express oneself easily and articulately:a fluent speaker and writer on technical subjects
  • able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately:she became fluent in French and German
  • (of a foreign language) spoken accurately and with facility:he spoke fluent Spanish
  • 2smoothly graceful and effortless:his style of play was fast and fluent
  • 3able to flow freely; fluid:a fluent discharge from the nose

Derivatives

fluently

adverb

Origin:

late 16th century: from Latin fluent- 'flowing', from the verb fluere

fluent in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of fluent in the US English dictionary
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