Andrea M. Ducas, MPH, is a program officer with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation working with programs related to payment and delivery system reform, purchaser and consumer engagement, health care price transparency, community-driven health improvements, and strengthening health departments.
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fluent adjective. B2 When a âperson is fluent, they can âspeak a âlanguage âeasily, well, and âquickly: She's fluent in âFrench. He's a fluent âRussian âspeaker. B2 When a âlanguage is fluent, it is âspoken âeasily and without many âpauses: He âspeaks fluent âChinese. More examples. 1  She's fluent in â French and â English and has a â working â knowledge of â Spanish. 2  She was â born in Italy but her â English is fluent and â idiomatic.