English dictionary

fluctuate

/'fl/@/k/tS//u/,/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

verb.motion

Source: WordNet 3.0
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

verb.motion

Synonyms vacillate waver

Source: WordNet 3.0
be unstable

verb.change

Examples
The stock market fluctuates.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a <i>fluctuating</i> field of air.

verb

Source: webster1913
To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.

verb

Source: webster1913