fluent
IPA: fɫˈuʌnt
noun
- (mathematics, obsolete) A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.
adjective
- That flows; flowing, liquid.
- (linguistics) Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
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Examples of "fluent" in Sentences
- He is fluent in the Hebrew language.
- She is fluent in the Greek language.
- He is fluent in the Japanese language.
- The last fluent speaker of the language died in 1962.
- He used the side of the brush in a fluent and bold style.
- The fluent calculus is a variant of the situation calculus.
- None of the men listed above was fluent in all the languages.
- She is fluent in Japanese and English, and conversant in French.
- The Uruguayan is fluent in Portuguese and lived in Brazil during the 1980s.
- The largest communities of the ethnic Armenian diaspora are fluent in English.
- The extraterrestrial's first words, in fluent French, were "You regret not having brought your camera?"
- Dementieva's best moment of the day came during the trophy presentation when she spoke in fluent French to the delight of the crowd.
- Job advertisements nearly always carry the phrase "bilingual Spanish/English preferred," or sometimes required, as in "fluent in Spanish."
- But note that it took substantial analysis to realize that — certainly more than us case-deprived English speakers are prepared to do in fluent speech.
- Vorilhon — who later styled himself “Rael” — says they told him, in fluent French, that human beings were created by aliens through genetic engineering.
- Yet this does not quite add up: The rioters are not immigrants (even if their parents were); they are culturally assimilated and live their lives in fluent French.
- The beautiful Sofia Milos (CSI: Miami) snagged an oversized handbag charm necklace from Rosato, all the while chatting with Ms. Simona Rosato and staff in fluent Italian, and describing her pieces as “molto originale!”.
- Mexicans are very very friendly and polite, in most cases I wouldn't hesitate to seek their help or follow their recommendations, (trust your instincts), never had a bad experience driving South of the border, then again I'm not a female and I'm fluent is Spanish, guess that helps.
- The reason that I bothered with the argument of vowelless [mz] being pronounceable is simply that I do, in fluent speech, usually produce the vowelless [mz], and therefore wanted to explain the more objectionable position, figuring the vowelled pronunciation of Ms. could defend itself.
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