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fluencies

fluencies is the plural of fluency.

Meaning of fluency

Noun

fluency (countable and uncountable, plural fluencies)

  1. The quality of smoothness of flow.
    • She has fluency, nobility, / Elegance and symmetry, / Stability, fluidity, / Like poetry in motion.1996, Vera Morris, Bill Francoeur, A Little Princess: The Musical: Adapted from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “Sara Crewe”, Denver, Colo.: Pioneer Drama Service, →OCLC, act I, scene i, page 4
  2. The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language.
  3. The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes
    • While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 – 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023
  4. The inherent ability to use a language easily and accurately.

Questions about fluencies

What is fluencies the plural of?
Fluencies is the plural of fluency.

Words near fluencies in the dictionary

  1. fluellins
  2. fluellite
  3. fluellites
  4. fluence
  5. fluences
  6. fluencies
  7. fluency
  8. fluent
  9. fluent interface
  10. fluent interfaces
  11. fluently

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