fluent adj

1 easy and graceful in shape; "a yacht with long, fluent curves"

2 smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose" [syn: flowing, fluid, liquid, smooth]

3 expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent, facile, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken]

English

Etymology

fluens, flowing

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊənt

Adjective

1. able to speak a foreign language accurately and with confidence

Translations

Related terms

• fluency
• fluently

Fluent can refer to:

• fluency, in linguistics, the ability to communicate quickly.
• fluent (mathematics), in mathematics, a continuous function
• fluent (artificial intelligence), in artificial intelligence, a condition that varies over time
• Fluent, Inc., a company that develops software for computational fluid dynamics
• Fluent interface, a software engineering object-oriented construct
• Fluent (user interface), used by Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook in the 2007 Microsoft Office System

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