Fluctuate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈflʌkt͡ʃu.eɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Fluctuate is a verb meaning (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
Meaning
(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To undulate.
- (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver.
- (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.
- Tossed up and down the waves.
- (by extension) Wavering, fickle.
- (rare, figuratively, also literally) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.
Example Sentences
I fluctuated between wishing he was back home and wishing I'd never met him.
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.
Word Forms
- fluctuates
- fluctuating
- fluctuated
Synonyms for fluctuate
Depending on context, synonyms include vacillate, waver.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include waver, vacillate, oscillate, sway, flicker, swing.
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