fluctuate
to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
to move back and forth in waves.
to cause to fluctuate.
Origin of fluctuate
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Other words for fluctuate
Other words from fluctuate
- non·fluc·tu·at·ing, adjective
- un·fluc·tu·at·ing, adjective
Words Nearby fluctuate
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How to use fluctuate in a sentence
The numbers fluctuate, of course, but some trends can be discerned.
Worst of all, they elide the obvious point that all revolts fluctuate between periods of progress and regression.
Defeating the Arab Spring Syndrome of Self-Defeat | Talal Alyan | October 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMargins fluctuate in every market, and there's no reason for farmers to be treated as a special case.
Other ideas about crying fluctuate between the sociological and the biological.
With liquidity so low, share prices began to wildly fluctuate.
How Wall Street Computers Almost Killed Knight Trading | Alex Klein, Matthew Zeitlin | August 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Their dimensions, which vary a good deal, fluctuate between two-fifths and four-fifths of an inch in length.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri FabreBoth credit and currency begin to fluctuate wildly with the evaporation of public confidence.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThe syllable has great inherent sonority and does not fluctuate significantly as to quantity and stress.
Language | Edward SapirHis resolutions might fluctuate, and the pause of a few minutes restore to him his first resolutions.
Wieland; or The Transformation | Charles Brockden BrownFaces begin soon (in Shakspeare's fine expression) to "dislimn:" features fluctuate: combinations of feature unsettle.
British Dictionary definitions for fluctuate
/ (ˈflʌktjʊˌeɪt) /
to change or cause to change position constantly; be or make unstable; waver or vary
(intr) to rise and fall like a wave; undulate
Origin of fluctuate
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