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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLU'ENT, a. [See Fluency.
1. Liquid; flowing.
2. Flowing; passing.
Motion being a fluent thing.
3. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as a fluent speaker.
4. Flowing; voluble; smooth; as fluent speech.
FLU'ENT, n.
1. A stream; a current of water. [Little used.]
2. The variable or flowing quantity in fluxions.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina" [syn: fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth]
2: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken]

Merriam Webster's

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 using a language easily and accurately <fluent in Spanish> <a fluent writer> b. effortlessly smooth and flowing ; polished <a fluent performance> <spoke in fluent English> c. having or showing mastery of a subject or skill <fluent in math> • fluently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 a (of speech or literary style) flowing naturally and readily. b having command of a foreign language (is fluent in German). c able to speak quickly and easily. 2 flowing easily or gracefully (the fluent line of her arabesque). 3 archaic liable to change; unsettled. Derivatives: fluently adv. Etymology: L fluere flow

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fluent Flu"ent, n. 1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.] 2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fluent Flu"ent, a. [L. fluens, -entis, p. pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. ? to boil over. Cf. Fluctuate, Flux.] 1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving. 2. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech. With most fluent utterance. --Denham. Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. --De Quincey.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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 • fluency To work as a translator, you need fluency in at least one foreign language. N-UNCOUNT • fluently 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 • fluency His son was praised for speeches of remarkable fluency. N-UNCOUNT • fluently Alex didn't read fluently till he was nearly seven. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Flowing, gliding, liquid, current. 2. Smooth. 3. Copious, affluent, ready (in speech).

Moby Thesaurus

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