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adjective
1.
spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
2.
able to speak or write smoothly, easily, or readily: a fluent speaker; fluent in six languages.
3.
easy; graceful: fluent motion; fluent curves.
4.
flowing, as a stream.
5.
EXPANDcapable of flowing; fluid, as liquids or gases.
6.
COLLAPSEeasily changed or adapted; pliant.
Related forms
flu·en·cy, flu·ent·ness, noun
flu·ent·ly, adverb
non·flu·en·cy, noun
non·flu·ent, adjective
non·flu·ent·ly, adverb
EXPANDnon·flu·ent·ness, noun
o·ver·flu·en·cy, noun
o·ver·flu·ent, adjective
o·ver·flu·ent·ly, adverb
o·ver·flu·ent·ness, noun
trans·flu·ent, adjective
un·flu·ent, adjective
un·flu·ent·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1, 2. Fluent, glib, voluble may refer to a flow of words. Fluent suggests the easy and ready flow of an accomplished speaker and is usually a term of commendation: a fluent and interesting speech. Glib implies an excessive fluency divorced from sincerity or profundity; it often suggests talking smoothly and hurriedly to cover up or deceive, not giving the hearer a chance to stop and think; it may also imply a plausible, prepared, and well-rehearsed lie: He had a glib answer for everything. Voluble implies the overcopious and often rapid flow of words characteristic of a person who loves to talk: She overwhelmed him with her voluble answer. See also eloquent.
1, 2. Fluent, glib, voluble may refer to a flow of words. Fluent suggests the easy and ready flow of an accomplished speaker and is usually a term of commendation: a fluent and interesting speech. Glib implies an excessive fluency divorced from sincerity or profundity; it often suggests talking smoothly and hurriedly to cover up or deceive, not giving the hearer a chance to stop and think; it may also imply a plausible, prepared, and well-rehearsed lie: He had a glib answer for everything. Voluble implies the overcopious and often rapid flow of words characteristic of a person who loves to talk: She overwhelmed him with her voluble answer. See also eloquent.
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fluent
1580s, from L. fluentem (nom. fluens), prp. of fluere "to flow," from PIE *bhleugw-, extended form of from PIE *bhleu- "to swell, well up, overflow" (cf. L. flumen "river;" Gk. phluein "to boil over, bubble up," phlein "to abound"), an extension of base *bhel- (2); see
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