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fluctuate

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fluc⋅tu⋅ate

  [fluhk-choo-eyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
Use fluctuate in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
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.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to fluctuate.
Origin:
1625–35; < L fluctuātus undulated, ptp. of fluctuāre to flow, equiv. to fluctu(s) a flowing (deriv. of fluere to flow) + -ātus -ate 1

Synonyms:
1. See waver. 2. oscillate.
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fluc·tu·ate   (flŭk'chōō-āt')   
v.   fluc·tu·at·ed, fluc·tu·at·ing, fluc·tu·ates

v.   intr.

  1. To vary irregularly. See Synonyms at swing.

  2. To rise and fall in or as if in waves; undulate.

v.   tr.
To cause to rise and fall or vary irregularly.

[Latin flūctuāre, flūctuāt-, from flūctus, a flowing, from past participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]
fluc'tu·ant (-ənt) adj., fluc'tu·a'tion n.
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Medical Dictionary

fluctuate fluc·tu·ate (flŭk'ch&oomacr;-āt')
v. fluc·tu·at·ed, fluc·tu·at·ing, fluc·tu·ates

  1. To vary irregularly.

  2. To rise and fall in waves; undulate.

fluc'tu·a'tion n.

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