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fluctuate

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈflʌktʃueɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈflʌktʃuˌeɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fluk′cho̅o̅ āt′)

Inflections of 'fluctuate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

fluctuates: v 3rd person singular

fluctuating: v pres p

fluctuated: v past

fluctuated: v past p

fluc•tu•ate /ˈflʌktʃuˌeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [no object], -at•ed, -at•ing.

to change continually; vary irregularly;
shift back and forth or up and down:Prices fluctuated wildly.

fluc•tu•a•tion /ˌflʌktʃuˈeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]See -flu-.

fluc•tu•ate (fluk′cho̅o̅ āt′),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing.
v.i.

to change continually;
shift back and forth;
vary irregularly:The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
to move back and forth in waves.

v.t.

to cause to fluctuate.

Latin fluctuātus undulated, past participle of fluctuāre to flow, equivalent. to fluctu(s) a flowing (derivative of fluere to flow) + -ātus -ate¹
1625–35

waver.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

fluctuate /ˈflʌktjʊˌeɪt/ vb

to change or cause to change position constantly; be or make unstable; waver or vary
(intransitive) to rise and fall like a wave; undulate

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin fluctuāre, from fluctus a wave, from fluere to flow

'fluctuate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

float - floating - fluctuant - harden - range - sensitive - sliding scale - snake - vacillate - waver - yo-yo - cyclical - fluctuation - hover - oscillate - vibrate - volatile - wave - scintillate - solifluction - sway

Synonyms: shift, vary, wave, more...

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