Fluent
adjective
Able to speak or write a language easily, well and without interruptions.
He's fluent in English and French.
Often appears as...
- be fluent in
- speak fluent english
adjective
Done without any effort.
His movements were smooth and fluent.
Often appears as...
- fluent movement
- speak fluently
adjective
In a flow, constant or unbroken.
The river flowed with fluent water.
Often appears as...
- fluent river
- fluent flow
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Formal
adjective
Able to speak or write a language easily, well and without interruptions.
He's fluent in English and French.
Often appears as...
- be fluent in
- speak fluent english
adjective
Done without any effort.
His movements were smooth and fluent.
Often appears as...
- fluent movement
- speak fluently
adjective
In a flow, constant or unbroken.
The river flowed with fluent water.
Often appears as...
- fluent river
- fluent flow
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Speed
Fluency isn't just about speaking fast; it's about expressing thoughts without pausing to find words.
Even though he speaks slowly, his fluent English is evident in his confident communication.
Pro Tip 2/3Culture Grasp
Being fluent often includes understanding cultural references and idioms in the language.
She laughed at all the jokes, showing she's fluent in the cultural nuances of English.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Vocabulary
Fluency means using grammar correctly and knowing appropriate phrases, not just having a large vocabulary.
His fluent speech included varied sentence structures and accurate tenses.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Speed
Fluency isn't just about speaking fast; it's about expressing thoughts without pausing to find words.
Even though he speaks slowly, his fluent English is evident in his confident communication.
Pro Tip 2/3Culture Grasp
Being fluent often includes understanding cultural references and idioms in the language.
She laughed at all the jokes, showing she's fluent in the cultural nuances of English.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Vocabulary
Fluency means using grammar correctly and knowing appropriate phrases, not just having a large vocabulary.
His fluent speech included varied sentence structures and accurate tenses.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Speed
Fluency isn't just about speaking fast; it's about expressing thoughts without pausing to find words.
Even though he speaks slowly, his fluent English is evident in his confident communication.
Pro Tip 2/3Culture Grasp
Being fluent often includes understanding cultural references and idioms in the language.
She laughed at all the jokes, showing she's fluent in the cultural nuances of English.
Pro Tip 3/3Beyond Vocabulary
Fluency means using grammar correctly and knowing appropriate phrases, not just having a large vocabulary.
His fluent speech included varied sentence structures and accurate tenses.
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The secrets of learning...
I was so happy and motivated that I just kept on watching that day two more episodes, and as I kept watching, I had more and more of those moments of understanding, these little victories, and step by step, I got to a level where I could use the language freely and fluently to express anything.
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Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
is that every one of you is going to be living with a robot at some point in your life. Somewhere in your future, there will be a robot in your life. If not in yours, your children's lives. And I want these robots to be more fluent, more engaging, more graceful than currently they seem to be.
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Mitch Resnick: Let's...
but a lot less so of creating with new technologies and expressing themselves with new technologies. It's almost as if they can read but not write with new technologies. And I'm really interested in seeing, how can we help young people become fluent so they can write with new technologies?
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Three ideas. Three...
I don't have a photographic memory, and nor is my head a static gallery of sensibly collected think pieces. It's more that I've got this ever-evolving language of hieroglyphics that I've developed and can understand fluently and think deeply with. but I struggle to translate.
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Can plants talk to each...
The makeup of that cocktail influences the effectiveness of communication. The more similar two plants' chemical fingerprints are, the more fluently they can communicate. A plant will be most sensitive to the cues emitted by its own leaves.
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You are fluent in this...
But today, I don't want to talk about what makes my life difficult. I want to talk about what makes it easy. And that is you -- and the fact that you are fluent in a language that you're probably not even aware of.
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How young Africans found...
I was a toddler who spoke fluent SiSwati and nothing else. So I was being introduced to my new home, my new cultural identity, as a complete outsider, incapable of comprehending anything that was being said to me
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Gail Reed: Where to...
who speaks fluent Spanish. She is well trained, can be counted on, and shares the face and culture of her patients, and she deserves our support surely, because whether by subway, mule, or canoe,
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Who Was the First Person...
hunter craftsman and navigator who even became fluent in Inuit their team also included four Inuit guides who helped them in their mission the explorers made several failed attempts before they
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Combatting the decline...
mother tongue at home either because they don't consider it important enough in an environment where the language is not being used or aren't fluent in the
Video examples
The secrets of learning...
I was so happy and motivated that I just kept on watching that day two more episodes, and as I kept watching, I had more and more of those moments of understanding, these little victories, and step by step, I got to a level where I could use the language freely and fluently to express anything.
Video examples
Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...
is that every one of you is going to be living with a robot at some point in your life. Somewhere in your future, there will be a robot in your life. If not in yours, your children's lives. And I want these robots to be more fluent, more engaging, more graceful than currently they seem to be.
Video examples
Mitch Resnick: Let's...
but a lot less so of creating with new technologies and expressing themselves with new technologies. It's almost as if they can read but not write with new technologies. And I'm really interested in seeing, how can we help young people become fluent so they can write with new technologies?
Video examples
Three ideas. Three...
I don't have a photographic memory, and nor is my head a static gallery of sensibly collected think pieces. It's more that I've got this ever-evolving language of hieroglyphics that I've developed and can understand fluently and think deeply with. but I struggle to translate.
Video examples
Can plants talk to each...
The makeup of that cocktail influences the effectiveness of communication. The more similar two plants' chemical fingerprints are, the more fluently they can communicate. A plant will be most sensitive to the cues emitted by its own leaves.
Video examples
You are fluent in this...
But today, I don't want to talk about what makes my life difficult. I want to talk about what makes it easy. And that is you -- and the fact that you are fluent in a language that you're probably not even aware of.
Video examples
How young Africans found...
I was a toddler who spoke fluent SiSwati and nothing else. So I was being introduced to my new home, my new cultural identity, as a complete outsider, incapable of comprehending anything that was being said to me
Video examples
Gail Reed: Where to...
who speaks fluent Spanish. She is well trained, can be counted on, and shares the face and culture of her patients, and she deserves our support surely, because whether by subway, mule, or canoe,
Video examples
Who Was the First Person...
hunter craftsman and navigator who even became fluent in Inuit their team also included four Inuit guides who helped them in their mission the explorers made several failed attempts before they
Video examples
Combatting the decline...
mother tongue at home either because they don't consider it important enough in an environment where the language is not being used or aren't fluent in the
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E. L. Doctorow
American Author
I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
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Zhang Zhidong
Chinese Politician
If, in the schools, the classical language would no longer be taught, whom could we entrust with the writing of memorials, documents, letters and notes in the public service? How could we possibly assign important offices and heavy responsibilities to someone who cannot even write fluently?
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Daryl Hall
American Musician
I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I'm fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations.
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Miguel
American Musician
I could speak Spanish fluently growing up, but I'm so out of practice, and I have such a tremendous respect for songwriting in the Spanish language.
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Nikki Glaser
American Comedian
A college degree was very important for them; it wasn't for me. So I picked English because I'm fluent. I thought it would be the easiest to do.
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Billie Joe Armstrong
American Singer
I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd like to be a brain surgeon.
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Arca
Venezuelan Musician
Speaking two languages fluently makes each language not so important.
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Fabricio Werdum
Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
I'm fluent in Spanish, so I can do a character that speaks Spanish.
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Noah Hathaway
American Actor
I speak French fluently, so that really helped.
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Ellen Glasgow
American Novelist
He knows so little and knows it so fluently.
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E. L. Doctorow
American Author
I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
Quote examples
Zhang Zhidong
Chinese Politician
If, in the schools, the classical language would no longer be taught, whom could we entrust with the writing of memorials, documents, letters and notes in the public service? How could we possibly assign important offices and heavy responsibilities to someone who cannot even write fluently?
Quote examples
Daryl Hall
American Musician
I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I'm fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations.
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Miguel
American Musician
I could speak Spanish fluently growing up, but I'm so out of practice, and I have such a tremendous respect for songwriting in the Spanish language.
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Nikki Glaser
American Comedian
A college degree was very important for them; it wasn't for me. So I picked English because I'm fluent. I thought it would be the easiest to do.
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Billie Joe Armstrong
American Singer
I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd like to be a brain surgeon.
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Arca
Venezuelan Musician
Speaking two languages fluently makes each language not so important.
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Fabricio Werdum
Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
I'm fluent in Spanish, so I can do a character that speaks Spanish.
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Noah Hathaway
American Actor
I speak French fluently, so that really helped.
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Ellen Glasgow
American Novelist
He knows so little and knows it so fluently.
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