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FLUENCY

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• FLUENCY (noun)
The noun FLUENCY has 3 senses:

1. powerful and effective language
2. skillfulness in speaking or writing
3. the quality of being facile in speech and writing

Familiarity information: FLUENCY used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• FLUENCY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Powerful and effective language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

eloquence; fluency; smoothness

Context examples:

his eloquence attracted a large congregation / fluency in spoken and written English is essential / his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police

Hypernyms ("fluency" is a kind of...):

expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Skillfulness in speaking or writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fluency" is a kind of...):

skillfulness (the state of being cognitively skillful)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

The quality of being facile in speech and writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

articulateness; volubility; fluency

Hypernyms ("fluency" is a kind of...):

communicativeness (the trait of being communicative)

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