fluctuate (verb)

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• fluctuate — ► VERB ▪ rise and fall irregularly in number or amount. DERIVATIVES fluctuation noun. ORIGIN Latin fluctuare undulate , from fluere to flow …   English terms dictionary

• fluctuate — 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… …   Financial and business terms

• fluctuate — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fluctuate — 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),… …   Law dictionary

• fluctuate — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, greatly ▪ dramatically, widely, wildly ▪ Prices have fluctuated wildly in recent years. ▪ constantly …   Collocations dictionary

• fluctuate — 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… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• fluctuate — 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 …   Thesaurus of popular words

• fluctuate — verb a) To vary irregularly; to swing. b) To undulate …   Wiktionary

• fluctuate — verb Syn: vary, change, shift, alter, waver, swing, oscillate, alternate, rise and fall …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• fluctuate — [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… …  

• fluctuate — UK [ˈflʌktʃueɪt] / US [ˈflʌktʃuˌeɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms fluctuate : present tense I/you/we/they fluctuate he/she/it fluctuates present participle fluctuating past tense fluctuated past participle fluctuated to change frequently The… …   English dictionary