Sekirov Dictionary

fluctuate

/ˈflʌkt͡ʃu.eɪt/

verb 5
adjective 2
forms 7

verb5

To vary irregularly; to swing.
To cause to vary irregularly.
•
To be irresolute; to waver.
- I fluctuated between wishing he was back home and wishing I'd never met him.
•
To undulate.
- One of them, at great Expence of Algebra, proves, that the Motes, which in Scotomias, we seem to have in our Eyes, are not real Bodies fluctuating in them. — 1719
(rare) To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.

adjective2

(no longer used) Wavering, fickle.
(no longer used) Tossed up and down the waves.

forms

fluctuated · fluctuating · fluctuates · fluctuateth · fluctuatest · more fluctuate · most fluctuate

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