Fluctuate

['flʌktʃʊeɪt;-tjʊ-] or ['flʌktʃʊ'et]

Definition

(verb.) be unstable; 'The stock market fluctuates'.

(verb.) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; 'the line on the monitor vacillated'.

(verb.) cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern.

Editor: Wendell--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(v. i.) To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.

(v. t.) To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.

Editor: Sidney

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Oscillate, be unsteady, rise and fall, move to and fro, move up and down.[2]. Waver, vacillate, be irresolute or inconstant.

Edited by Joanne

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Waver, oscillate, hesitate, vacillate, vary, veer

ANT:Persist, abide, stay, stick, adhere

Inputed by Lilly

Definition

v.i. to float backward and forward: to roll hither and thither: to be irresolute.—v.t. to cause to move hither and thither.—adjs. Fluc′tuant; Fluc′tuāting.—ns. Fluctuā′tion a rising and falling like a wave: motion hither and thither: agitation: unsteadiness; Fluctuos′ity.—adj. Fluc′tuous.

Edited by Lizzie