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fluent
English
Etymology
Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of flu? (“I flow”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?flu??nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?flu?nt/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?flju??nt/
- Rhymes: -??nt
Adjective
fluent (comparative more fluent, superlative most fluent)
- That flows; flowing, liquid.
- (linguistics) Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a flowing way.
Usage notes
In casual use, “fluency” refers to language proficiency broadly, while in narrow use it refers to using a language flowingly, rather than haltingly.
Synonyms
- (that flows): fluent; see also Thesaurus:flowing or Thesaurus:runny
Related terms
- fluency
- fluently
Translations
Noun
fluent (plural fluents)
- (mathematics, obsolete) A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.
References
Anagrams
- netful, unfelt
Latin
Verb
fluent
- third-person plural future active indicative of flu?
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fluens.
Adjective
fluent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fluent or fluente)
- (of a liquid) flowing; that flows
Related terms
- fluer
Romanian
Etymology
From French fluent
Adjective
fluent m or n (feminine singular fluent?, masculine plural fluen?i, feminine and neuter plural fluente)
- fluent
Declension
fluent From the web:
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- what fluent english means
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striking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?a?k??/
- Rhymes: -a?k??
Adjective
striking (comparative more striking, superlative most striking)
- Making a strong impression.
- This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
- 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):
- This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.
Translations
Verb
striking
- present participle of strike
Noun
striking (plural strikings)
- The act by which something strikes or is struck.
- 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
- We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?
- 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
Anagrams
- skirting
striking From the web:
- what striking means
- what does striking mean
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