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- [floo-uh nt]
- /ˈflu ənt/
- /ˈfluː.ənt/
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- [floo-uh nt]
- /ˈflu ənt/
Definitions of fluency word
- adjective fluency spoken or written with ease: fluent French. 1
- adjective fluency able to speak or write smoothly, easily, or readily: a fluent speaker; fluent in six languages. 1
- adjective fluency easy; graceful: fluent motion; fluent curves. 1
- adjective fluency flowing, as a stream. 1
- adjective fluency capable of flowing; fluid, as liquids or gases. 1
- adjective fluency easily changed or adapted; pliant. 1
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Origin of fluency
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Latin fluent- (stem of fluēns) flowing, present participle of fluere; see -ent
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Parts of speech for Fluency
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fluency popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fluency usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fluency
noun fluency
- facility — Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
- volubility — characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause.
- effortlessness — The state of being effortless; facility.
- eloquence — Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.
- articulacy — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
Antonyms for fluency
noun fluency
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- disfluency — Pathology. impairment of the ability to produce smooth, fluent speech.
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