fluctuate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin fluctuo, fluctuatus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
fluctuate (third-person singular simple present fluctuates, present participle fluctuating, simple past and past participle fluctuated)
- (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
- (intransitive) To undulate. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- I fluctuated between wishing he was back home and wishing I'd never met him.
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to vary irregularly; to swing
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to undulate
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to be irresolute; to waver
to cause to vary irregularly
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Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
flūctuāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
fluctuate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of fluctuar combined with te
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