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fluent

  • adjective
  • /ˈfluːənt/

That flows; flowing, liquid.

Example

“fluent handwriting”

Other meanings

  1. Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

    “She's fluent in French.”

  2. Being or relating to a fluent interface.

    “The payment processor offers a fluent API.”

Related words

  • disfluent
  • dysfluent
  • fluent interface
  • fluentness
  • hyperfluent
  • nonfluent
  • overfluent
  • socially fluent
  • subfluent
  • transfluent

Word history

From Latin "fluens" (flowing).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fluent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.