Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of smoothness of flow.

    Flüssigkeit, Fluss

    бе́глостьbéglostʹ

    the quality of being facile in speech and writing

  2. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language.

    Sprechflüssigkeit, Geläufigkeit, Flüssigkeit

    свобо́дное владе́ниеsvobódnoje vladénije

  3. (countable, uncountable)The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes

  4. (countable, uncountable)The inherent ability to use a language easily and accurately.

Examples

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  1. Be patient and don’t expect fluency overnight.

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  2. Fluency in English is a must.

    deFließendes Englisch ist ein Muss.

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  3. To improve your fluency, you should try speaking with native speakers as often as you can.

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  4. I'm amazed at your fluency in French.

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  5. I was amazed at Tom's fluency in French.

    ruЯ был поражён, как бегло Том говорит на французском.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
quality of smoothness of flow:
linguistics: being fluent in a language:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
quality of smoothness of flow:
linguistics: being fluent in a language:

Origin

From Late Latin fluentia, equivalent to fluent + -cy. Cognate with French fluence.

From Late Latin fluentia, equivalent to fluent + -cy. Cognate with French fluence.

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Forms

plural: fluencies
Singularfluency
Pluralfluencies

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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