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If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.
Xun Zi

Meaning of "fluency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLUENCY

fluency  [ˈfluːənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLUENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fluency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLUENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fluency

Fluency is the property of a person or of a system that delivers information quickly and with expertise.

Definition of fluency in the English dictionary

The definition of fluency in the dictionary is the quality of being fluent, esp facility in speech or writing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLUENCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
congruency
ˈkɒŋɡruːənsɪ
consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
consultancy
kənˈsʌltənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
dependency
dɪˈpɛndənsɪ
disfluency
dɪsˈfluːənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
nonfluency
ˌnɒnˈfluːənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
residency
ˈrɛzɪdənsɪ
tendency
ˈtɛndənsɪ
transparency
trænsˈpærənsɪ
truancy
ˈtruːənsɪ
vacancy
ˈveɪkənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLUENCY

flue
flue brush
flue gas
flue pipe
flue stop
flue-cure
flued
fluellen
fluellin
fluence
fluent
fluently
fluentness
fluework
fluey
fluff
fluffer
fluffier
fluffiest
fluffily

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLUENCY

angular frequency
constituency
delinquency
estate agency
extremely low frequency
fundamental frequency
high frequency
high-frequency
infrequency
intermediate frequency
juvenile delinquency
low frequency
low-frequency
medium frequency
multifrequency
natural frequency
radio frequency
relative frequency
spatial frequency
very high frequency
very low frequency

Synonyms and antonyms of fluency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLUENCY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fluency» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fluency

Translation of «fluency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLUENCY

Find out the translation of fluency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fluency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fluency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

流畅度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fluidez
570 millions of speakers

English

fluency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रवाह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطلاقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свободное владение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fluência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাক্পটুতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aisance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kefasihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geläufigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

流ちょうさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유창
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fluency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lưu loát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சரள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओघ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

akıcılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scioltezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

płynność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вільне володіння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fluență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευχέρεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vlotheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flyt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flyt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fluency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUENCY»

The term «fluency» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.614 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUENCY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fluency

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7 QUOTES WITH «FLUENCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fluency.
1
David Antin
When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience.
2
Reza Aslan
I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades, who also happens to be Muslim.
3
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
4
Chelsea Clinton
Millennials regularly draw ire for their cell phone usage. They're mobile natives, having come of age when landlines were well on their way out and payphones had gone the way of dinosaurs. Because of their native fluency, Millennials recognize mobile phones can do a whole lot more than make calls, enable texting between friends or tweeting.
5
Lois Lowry
When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power.
6
Harry Mathews
I also had this mistaken dream, fantasy really - perhaps because I'm good at languages - of being able in both Italy and France to become someone else through my fluency in the language.
7
Xun Zi
If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLUENCY»

Discover the use of fluency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fluency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Teaching for Comprehending And Fluency: Thinking, Talking, ...
A practical guide for teaching comprehension and fluency in the kindergarten through eighth-grade classroom with instruction on reading levels, writing about reading, and interactive read-aloud and literature study; and contains a DVD with ...
Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su. Pinnell, 2006
2
Stuttering and Related Disorders of Fluency
Features: Broad overview of the current knowledge regarding the influence of language and phonology on stuttering, and the implications these factors have for assessment and treatment In-depth coverage of cluttering by the countrys leading ...
Edward G. Conture, Richard F. Curlee, 2011
3
Fluency Through TPR Storytelling: Achieving Real Language ...
This work discusses the success some teachers have had with TPR (Total Physical Response) storytelling in helping their students achieve fluency in a foreign language.
Blaine Ray, Contee Seely, 1998
4
Clinical Decision Making in Fluency Disorders
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Walter H. Manning, 2009
5
Perspectives on fluency
One objective of Perspectives on Fluency is to provide a starting point for language researchers interested in exploring the concept of fluency, a foundation that, until the arrival of this volume, did not exist.
Heidi Riggenbach, 2000
6
15 Fluency Mini-lessons for Grade 3 Readers
Model how to read with appropriate pacing, expression, phrasing, and feeling. Each book addresses 15 fluency skills based on Language Arts standards. Modeling passages are provided on blackline masters and audio CD! 56 pages each.
Newmark Learning, LLC, 2009
7
Discussions that Work: Task-centred Fluency Practice
Fifty practical activities to produce a genuine and enthusiastic exchange of ideas.
Penny Ur, 1981
8
Fluency in Distance Learning
Fluency in Distance Learning offers a practical, hands-on, workshop style approach to creating an effective distance learning course. Full of specific ideas and strategies, the authors guide you through the process from beginning to end.
Celeste Fenton, Brenda Ward Watkins, 2010
9
Building Fluency: Lessons and Strategies for Reading Success
The combination of reading accuracy and rate is referred to as a student's oral reading fluency (ORF). It is expressed as "words correct per minute" (WCPM). It is essential to measure both accuracy and rate. For example, if you measure only ...
Wiley Blevins, 2001
10
Multilingual Aspects of Fluency Disorders
This book contains contributions by scholars working on diverse aspects of speech who bring their findings to bear on the practical issue of how to treat stuttering in different language groups and in multilingual speakers.
Peter Howell, John van Borsel, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLUENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fluency is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' - Los Angeles Times
How did Lee take the frame of this fiction and collapse it to create "To Kill a Mockingbird," finding a narrative fluency only hinted at within this ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
Rugby: Stirring second half lifts Maori
The Maori finally began to discover some fluency midway through the half and their first sustained spell of possession in the opposition 22 ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
The Holocaust survivor recognized, belatedly, as a Korean War hero …
He hoped to serve his new country by joining the Army, but failed the admission test for lack of fluency in English. When he finally was accepted ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
4
Problem of illegal tour guides lingers amid boom in Chinese tourist …
Thai guides, many of whom cannot compete with native speakers in terms of language fluency, are unhappy and a subsequent issue has been ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
5
CBC to offer new Spanish medical interpreter program - Tri-City Herald
The interpreter certification isn't intended to teach Spanish to beginners; interested students will have to demonstrate fluency in English and ... «Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, Jul 15»
6
Hires and promotions (July 11, 2015) | INFORUM
... in school care programs and medical facilities, and works with children on motor speech, neurocognitive speech disorders and fluency. «INFORUM, Jul 15»
7
Quiet please, genius at work | The Sunday Times
Though his movement on the court continued to display incomparable grace and fluency, there were hints of a fractional slowing, a tiny ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
8
Why some English learners are 'invisible' in SMMUSD
As the district's English learners gain fluency, they are evaluated and reclassified with the hope that they won't need extra help all the way ... «Santa Monica Daily Press, Jul 15»
9
The demographics of 2016 look brutal for Republicans - The …
As I've noted, Bush, with his Mexican wife, Latino-American kids, and fluency in Spanish, can plausibly argue that only he combines leadership ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
10
Greek debt crisis: Meet the Goldman Sachs banker who got rich …
Although her Continental twang remains hard to place, her fluency in Greek and strong connections in the country were instrumental in winning ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

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