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# fluency

«fluency» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being able to speak, read or write a language easily…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being able to speak, read or write a language easily, quickly and well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluency/#m1)

2) Being able to do something smoothly and confidently, like reading aloud or doing maths facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluency/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, reading fluency means reading at a good speed with expression; in maths, fluency means knowing number facts and methods quickly and accurately. In language lessons, fluency in French or Mandarin takes practice. Phrases: «reading fluency», «fluency in French», «gain fluency».

### examples

- Her reading fluency improved with practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluency/#x1)
- He speaks with fluency in English and Ukrainian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluency/#x2)
- Times-table practice builds maths fluency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluency/#x3)
- Fluency in a new language takes years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluency/#x4)
- The teacher listened to each child read to check fluency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluency/#x5)
- Reading aloud every night helps fluency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluency/#x6)
- Gangazara thought several times of the eloquent way in which the tiger spoke, and admired his fluency of speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluency/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: fluent (speaks fluent French); adverb: fluently. Fluency is not the same as accuracy: you can speak quickly but with mistakes, or slowly but correctly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fluency» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fluency/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.