fluency
Americannoun
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fluencies
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the quality of being fluent or proficient in the spoken or written use of a language, especially a language other than one's first.
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the ability to express oneself confidently, comfortably, and without hesitation in conversation or discussion; volubility.
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Explanation
Do you have a way with words? Can you speak and write easily? Then you have fluency. Fluency is a type of smoothness used most often when talking about language. You could study a language — like Spanish — for years and not really gain fluency. To have fluency — in other words, to be fluent — takes a lot of practice. Fluency can't be achieved overnight. That kind of expert use of language takes time, and it helps if you get a chance to visit a country where they speak the language you're learning.
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England's fluency juxtaposed Sri Lanka's innings as the tourist batters struggled again, limping to 145-9 after being bowled out for just 135 in the opener on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Like many millennial girls who came of age when diet culture was practically an extracurricular activity, I could mentally toggle between Weight Watchers points and the “Pocket Calorie Counter” with alarming fluency.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Minnesota said in the lawsuit that officials fear he may try to flee if released, given his ties to nearby Mexico and fluency in Spanish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Certifications can improve the AI fluency that employers seek now, said Tanyth Lloyd, Korn Ferry’s global vice president for technology and transformation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
“I am charmed by the fluency and rapidity of your Reasoning,” Adams observed, “but I doubt your Conclusion.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
The consequences of doing anything with a group today demand these fluencies.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
Wells than the appealing urgencies, idealisms, and fluencies that I have found most sympathetic and most admirable.
From H. G. Wells by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
“It’s not only that,” said Mrs. Church in the tone of one sated with fluencies and disillusioned of diplomas.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James
We have others whose fiction consists of autobiography interspersed with philosophic and political fluencies.
From Another Sheaf by John Galsworthy
He had not slept well the night before; he was prepared for anything he understood, but computers were not on his roster of acquired fluencies.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
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