FLUENT


Meaning of FLUENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ flu:ənt ]

1.

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 foreign languages but is fluent in only six of them...

He speaks fluent Russian.

ADJ : oft ADJ in n

• flu‧en‧cy

To work as a translator, you need fluency in at least one foreign language.

N-UNCOUNT

• flu‧ent‧ly

He spoke three languages fluently.

ADV

2.

If your speech, reading, or writing is fluent , you speak, read, or write easily, smoothly, and clearly with no mistakes.

He had emerged from being a hesitant and unsure candidate into a fluent debater.

ADJ

• flu‧en‧cy

His son was praised for speeches of remarkable fluency.

N-UNCOUNT

• flu‧ent‧ly

Alex didn’t read fluently till he was nearly seven.

ADV : ADV with v

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