fluctuate
11fluctuate — v. 1) (D; intr.) to fluctuate between 2) (D; intr.) to fluctuate with (his mood fluctuates with the weather) * * * [ flʌktʃʊeɪt] (D; intr.) to fluctuate between (D;intr.) to fluctuate with (his mood fluctuates with the weather) …
12fluctuate — fluc|tu|ate [ˈflʌktʃueıt] v [I] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: fluctuare, from fluere; FLUENT] if a price or amount fluctuates, it keeps changing and becoming higher and lower = ↑vary fluctuate between ▪ Prices were volatile, fluctuating… …
13fluctuate — 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… …
14fluctuate — 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… …
15fluctuate — /fluk chooh ayt /, v., fluctuated, fluctuating. v.i. 1. to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month. 2. to move back and forth in waves. v.t. 3. to cause to fluctuate. [1625 35; <… …
16fluctuate — See fluctuate, vacillate …
17fluctuate — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, greatly ▪ dramatically, widely, wildly ▪ Prices have fluctuated wildly in recent years. ▪ constantly …
18fluctuate — [[t]flʌ̱ktʃueɪt[/t]] fluctuates, fluctuating, fluctuated VERB If something fluctuates, it changes a lot in an irregular way. Body temperature can fluctuate if you are ill. [V ing] ...the fluctuating price of oil. Derived words: fluctuation… …
19fluctuate — 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… …
20fluctuate — 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 …
