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UK
/flˈʌktʃuːˌeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈfɫəktʃəˌweɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫəktʃəˌweɪt/ ]
VERB
- cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
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move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
the line on the monitor vacillated -
be unstable
The stock market fluctuates
How To Use fluctuate In A Sentence
- And even the reputations of major figures at times fluctuate, with periods of obscurity intermitting their fame.
- Sugar unbalances the endocrine system, which includes the adrenal glands, pancreas and liver, causing the blood-sugar level to fluctuate widely.
- The risk of depression may increase again during the transition to menopause, when hormone levels begin to fluctuate erratically.
- However, literary evaluations that fluctuate like fashions are premised on what is the latest: that is, whatever is new is good.
- The system allows currencies to fluctuate within certain limits.
- The amount of azulene in the essential oil fluctuates between 1 and 15%. Chapter 12
- This had caused levels in the lodge to fluctuate and water had to be diverted from the stream via a sluice.
- Vegetable prices fluctuate according to the season.
- Yet herd size is not constant; it fluctuates in relation to environmental and social conditions.
- Some other economists hold that the natural rate fluctuates over time and reject the notion that the natural rate can be approximated by an average figure.
