fluctuate

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluctuo, fluctuatus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflʌkt͡ʃu.eɪt/, /ˈflʌktju.eɪt/
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Verb

fluctuate (third-person singular simple present fluctuates, present participle fluctuating, simple past and past participle fluctuated)

  1. (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
  2. (intransitive) To undulate.
    • 1719, William Vickers, An easie and safe method for curing the King's Evil, page 39:
      One of them, at great Expence of Algebra, proves, that the Motes, which in Scotomias, we seem to have in our Eyes, are not real Bodies fluctuating in them.
  3. (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
    I fluctuated between wishing he was back home and wishing I'd never met him.
  4. (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.

Translations

Latin

Verb

flūctuāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of flūctuō

Spanish

Verb

fluctuate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fluctuar combined with te
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