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What (who) is fluctuate - definition
fluctuate
['fl?kt??e?t, -tj?-]
¦ verb rise and fall irregularly in number or amount.
Derivatives
fluctuation noun
Origin
C17 (earlier (ME) as fluctuation): from L. fluctuat-, fluctuare 'undulate', based on fluere 'to flow'.
Fluctuate
·vt To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.
II. Fluctuate ·vi To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to Vacillate.
III. Fluctuate ·vi 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.
fluctuate
(fluctuates, fluctuating, fluctuated)
If something fluctuates, it changes a lot in an irregular way.
Body temperature can fluctuate if you are ill.
...the fluctuating price of oil.
VERB: V, V-ing
• fluctuation (fluctuations)
Don't worry about tiny fluctuations in your weight...
The calculations do not take into account any fluctuation in the share price.
N-VAR: usu N in/of n
Examples of use of fluctuate
1. The brochure doesn‘t list prices, because they fluctuate daily.
2. And don‘t the values fluctuate depending on scarcity?
3. Tab minimums fluctuate: On a busy weekend, they can be as much as $1,500.
4. Organic produce is natural, and that means prices can fluctuate violently because of transient events.
5. "Even before hitting the first–decade mark, most justices fluctuate," the article says.