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fluent

adjective
 
 
/ˈfluː.ənt/

Definition

B2 When a person is fluent, they can speak a language easily, well, and quickly: She's fluent in French. He's a fluent Russian speaker.Talkative and eloquent B2 When a language is fluent, it is spoken easily and without many pauses: He speaks fluent Chinese.Ways of speaking fluency
 
 
/-ən.si/ noun [U]
B2 One of the requirements of the job is fluency in two or more African languages.Talkative and eloquent
fluently
 
 
/-li/ adverb
B2 I'd like to speak English fluently.Talkative and eloquent
(Definition of fluent adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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