Fluent

  • 11fluent — index eloquent, facile, fluvial, loquacious, voluble Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 12fluent — eloquent, voluble, glib, articulate, *vocal Analogous words: facile, effortless, smooth, *easy: *quick, prompt, ready, apt Contrasted words: stuttering, stammering (see STAMMER vb): fettered, hampered, trammeled (see HAMPER vb) …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 13fluent — [adj] articulate chatty, cogent, copious, cursive, declamatory, disputatious, easy, effortless, effusive, eloquent, facile, flowing, garrulous, glib, liquid, loquacious, mellifluent, mellifluous, natural, persuasive, prompt, quick, ready, running …

    New thesaurus

  • 14fluent — fluency, fluentness, n. fluently, adv. /flooh euhnt/, adj. 1. spoken or written with ease: fluent French. 2. able to speak or write smoothly, easily, or readily: a fluent speaker; fluent in six languages. 3. easy; graceful: fluent motion; fluent… …

    Universalium

  • 15fluent — flu|ent [ˈflu:ənt] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of fluere to flow ] 1.) able to speak a language very well fluent in ▪ She was fluent in English, French, and German. 2.) fluent French/Japanese etc someone who speaks …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16fluent — adjective Etymology: Latin fluent , fluens, present participle of fluere more at fluid Date: 1585 1. a. capable of flowing ; fluid b. capable of moving with ease and grace < the fluent body of a dancer > 2. a. capable of usi …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17fluent — flu|ent [ fluənt ] adjective * 1. ) able to speak a foreign language very well: fluent in: I m fluent in three languages. a ) spoken well and without difficulty: Steve speaks fluent Japanese. 2. ) expressing yourself in a clear and confident way …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18fluent */ — UK [ˈfluːənt] / US [ˈfluənt] adjective 1) a) able to speak a foreign language very well fluent in: I m fluent in three languages. b) spoken well and without difficulty Steve speaks fluent Japanese. 2) expressing yourself in a clear and confident&#8230; …

    English dictionary

  • 19fluent — [[t]flu͟ːənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ in n Someone who is fluent in a particular language, can speak the language easily and correctly. You can also say that someone speaks fluent French, Chinese, or some other language. She studied eight&#8230; …

    English dictionary

  • 20fluent — flu•ent [[t]ˈflu ənt[/t]] adj. 1) spoken or written with ease: fluent French[/ex] 2) able to speak or write smoothly, easily, or readily: fluent in three languages[/ex] 3) smooth; easy; graceful: fluent motion[/ex] 4) flowing or capable of&#8230; …

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