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Definition of Fluctuate
1. Verb. Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern.
2. Verb. Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern. "The line on the monitor vacillated"
Generic synonyms: Swing
Derivative terms: Fluctuation, Fluctuation, Vacillation, Waver, Wavering
3. Verb. Be unstable. "The stock market fluctuates"
Definition of Fluctuate
1. v. i. 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.
2. v. t. To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.
Definition of Fluctuate
1. Verb. (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To undulate. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fluctuate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Fluctuate
1. 1. To move in waves. 2. To vary, to change from time to time, as in referring to any quantity or quality, e.g., height of blood pressure, concentration of substance in urine or blood, secretory activity, etc. Origin: L. Fluctuo, pp. -atus, to flow in waves (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluctuate
Literary usage of Fluctuate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. wave, vibrate, oscillate, fluctuate, undulate (rare). 2. See MANAGE, HANG.
•wing» a. 1. sway, sweep, swish, switch; see FLOURISH. 2. ..."
2. The Ways and Means of Payment: A Full Analysis of the Credit System, with by Stephen Colwell (1859)
"... carry no higher interest than a credit in bank — The British act of 1844,
requiring the issues of the bank to fluctuate as gold — Sir Robert Peel — Lord ..."
3. The Wall Street Point of View by Henry Clews (1900)
"It is also necessary to study the circumstances and events which cause real values
to fluctuate. — How natural laws eventually regulate values and reduce ..."
4. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms by Charles Buck (1831)
"... then be allowed to fluctuate in a fcr-.i- tous course, without moving in any
rtp- lar direction, and without tending ..."
5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"Equally futile would be the attempt to describe laws, where there is no code;
and which fluctuate according to the despotism or clemency of the rulers. ..."
6. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"Thus do I fluctuate between the danger of pleasure, and the experience of n - tí
lily, and am more induced, though with a ..."
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