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vacillate (verb)

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  • vacillate — ► VERB ▪ waver between different opinions or actions. DERIVATIVES vacillation noun. ORIGIN Latin vacillare sway …   English terms dictionary

  • vacillate — vac‧il‧late [ˈvæsleɪt] verb [intransitive] FINANCE if prices or rates vacillate, they continually change by small amounts: • Prices will vacillate near or slightly below current levels. • The rate of inflation has been vacillating between 4% and …   Financial and business terms

  • vacillate — verb /ˈvæ.sə.leɪt,ˈvæ.sɪ.leɪt/ a) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate. Its [the barometers] normal register in the Paumotus [the Tuamotus] was 29.90, and it was quite customary to see it vacillate between 29.85 and 30.00, or… …   Wiktionary

  • vacillate — I verb alternate, be capricious, be inconstant, be irresolute, be uncertain, be unsettled, be unsteady, be unsure, change, debate, demur, equivocate, falter, feel uncertain, fluctuate, hesitate, hover, librate, move to and fro, oscillate, rock,… …   Law dictionary

  • vacillate — verb (I) to continue to change your opinions, ideas etc; waver (2): The administration is still vacillating over the Health Care issue. vacillation noun (C, U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • vacillate — verb I vacillated between teaching and journalism Syn: dither, waver, be indecisive, be undecided, be ambivalent, hesitate, be of two minds, blow hot and cold, keep changing one s mind, be conflicted; fluctuate, oscillate, hem and haw; informal… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • vacillate — [[t]væ̱sɪleɪt[/t]] vacillates, vacillating, vacillated VERB If you vacillate between two alternatives or choices, you keep changing your mind. [FORMAL] [V between pl n] She vacillates between men twice her age and men younger than she... We… …   English dictionary

  • vacillate — UK [ˈvæsɪleɪt] / US [ˈvæsɪˌleɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms vacillate : present tense I/you/we/they vacillate he/she/it vacillates present participle vacillating past tense vacillated past participle vacillated formal to keep changing your… …   English dictionary

  • vacillate — intransitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin vacillatus, past participle of vacillare to sway, waver more at wink Date: 1597 1. a. to sway through lack of equilibrium b. fluctuate, oscillate 2. to waver in mind, will, or feeling ; hesitate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • vacillate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To totter] Syn. waver, sway, stagger; see reel , totter 2 . 2. [To hesitate] Syn. fluctuate, dawdle, falter; see hesitate , pause . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [VAS uh LATE] to waver or be indecisive.… …   English dictionary for students

  • vacillate — vac|il|late [ væsı,leıt ] verb intransitive FORMAL to keep changing your ideas about something ╾ vac|il|la|tion [ ,væsı leıʃn ] noun count or uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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