fluctuate (verb)
1fluctuate — ► VERB ▪ rise and fall irregularly in number or amount. DERIVATIVES fluctuation noun. ORIGIN Latin fluctuare undulate , from fluere to flow …
2fluctuate — fluc‧tu‧ate [ˈflʌktʆueɪt] verb [intransitive] if prices, income, rates etc fluctuate, they change, increasing or falling often or regularly: • Dealers know that prices fluctuate and that capital losses can be expected. fluctuate around • The… …
3fluctuate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin fluctuatus, past participle of fluctuare, from fluctus flow, wave, from fluere more at fluid Date: 1634 intransitive verb 1. to shift back and forth uncertainly 2. to ebb and flow in waves transitive verb to… …
4fluctuate — I verb alter, alternate, be changeful, be intermittent, be periodic, be unsteady, change, change continuously, fluctuare, intermit, move in waves, pendulate, rise and fall, shift, show variety, swing, vary, wave, waver II index beat (pulsate),… …
5fluctuate — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, greatly ▪ dramatically, widely, wildly ▪ Prices have fluctuated wildly in recent years. ▪ constantly …
6fluctuate — verb (I) if something such as a price or amount fluctuates, it changes very often from a high level to a low one and back again (+ between): The present output of oil fluctuates between 3 and 5 million gallons per week. | fluctuate wildly: House… …
7fluctuate — verb profits fluctuate from month to month Syn: vary, change, differ, shift, alter, waver, swing, oscillate, alternate, rise and fall, go up and down, seesaw, yo yo, be unstable …
8fluctuate — verb a) To vary irregularly; to swing. b) To undulate …
9fluctuate — verb Syn: vary, change, shift, alter, waver, swing, oscillate, alternate, rise and fall …
10fluctuate — [c]/ˈflʌktʃueɪt / (say flukchoohayt) verb (fluctuated, fluctuating) –verb (i) 1. to change continually, as by turns, from one course, position, condition, amount, etc., to another, as the mind, opinion, policy, prices, temperature, etc.; vary… …