fluent

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Pronunciation

/ˈfluːənt/(UK)

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/ˈfluːənt/(UK) · /ˈfluənt/ · /ˈfljuːɛnt/ · /flɪu̯ənt/

Definition of fluent

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

That flows; flowing, liquid.

“fluent handwriting”
“For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent, without ever being stable or permanent[…].”

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adj

That flows; flowing, liquid.

“fluent handwriting”
“For time is a fleeting thing, and which appeareth as in a shadow, with the matter ever gliding, alwaies fluent, without ever being stable or permanent[…].”
Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

“She's fluent in French.”
“The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent.”
Being or relating to a fluent interface.

“The payment processor offers a fluent API.”

noun

(obsolete)A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“to flow”).

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