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fluc·tu·ate
 fluctuate
- pronunciation:
- fluhk
chu
eIt
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuating |
| definition 1: |
to vary or change irregularly; rise and fall.
The price of gold continually fluctuates.My appetite fluctuates; some days I'm hungry all the time and other days I don't feel like eating at all.- synonyms:
- flutter, vacillate
- similar words:
- change, flicker, oscillate, seesaw, sway, swing, vary, waver, wobble, yo-yo
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| definition 2: |
to move in a wavelike pattern; undulate.
Look how the shadows fluctuate.- synonyms:
- undulate
- similar words:
- billow, flutter, ripple, surge, vacillate, wave
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| related words: |
halt, range, vacillate |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to cause to fluctuate.
- synonyms:
- flutter, undulate
- similar words:
- flicker, oscillate, ripple, wave
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| related words: |
shake |
| derivation: |
fluctuating (adj.) |
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