About The Word Fluctuate
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Fluctuate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Fluctuate?
[v] be unstable; have ups and downs; "The stock market fluctuates"
[v] move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated" [v] cause to fluctuate or move in a wave-like pattern Synonyms | Synonyms for Fluctuate: vacillate | waver Related Terms | Find terms related to Fluctuate: alternate | back and fill | bob | bobble | careen | change | chop and change | coggle | dangle | dither | ebb and flow | equivocate | flounder | flutter | go through phases | intermit | lack regularity | librate | lurch | nutate | oscillate | pendulate | pitch | recur | reel | resonate | return | reverse | ring the changes | rock | roll | seesaw | shake | shift | shilly-shally | shuffle | stagger | swag | sway | swing | teeter | teeter-totter | tergiversate | toss | totter | turn | vacillate | vary | vibrate | wag | waggle | wave | waver | wax and wane | wobble See Also | change state | displace | move | swing | turn Fluctuate In Webster's Dictionary \Fluc"tu*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluctuated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Fluctuating}.] [L. fluctuatus, p. p. of
fluctuare, to wave, fr. fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to
flow. See {Fluent}, and cf. {Flotilla}.]
1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to
float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating
field of air. --Blackmore.
2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be
wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to
vacillate.
Syn: To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple.
Usage: To {Fluctuate}, {Vacillate}, {Waver}. -- Fluctuate is
applied both to things and persons and denotes that
they move as they are acted upon. The stocks
fluctuate; a man fluctuates between conflicting
influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons
to represent them as acting themselves. A man
vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his
opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or
principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or
hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One
who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually
vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution.
\Fluc"tu*ate\, v. t. To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.] And fluctuate all the still perfume. --Tennyson. |
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