fluctuate

fluc·tu·ate

F0202400 (flŭk′cho͞o-āt′)intr.v. fluc·tu·at·ed, fluc·tu·at·ing, fluc·tu·ates To vary irregularly, especially in amount: School enrollment has fluctuated from year to year.

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[Latin flūctuāre, flūctuāt-, from flūctus, a flowing, from past participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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fluc′tu·a′tion n.

fluctuate

(ˈflʌktjʊˌeɪt) vb1. to change or cause to change position constantly; be or make unstable; waver or vary2. (intr) to rise and fall like a wave; undulate[C17: from Latin fluctuāre, from fluctus a wave, from fluere to flow]

fluc•tu•ate

(ˈflʌk tʃuˌeɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing. v.i. 1. to change continually; vary irregularly; shift back and forth or up and down: Prices fluctuated wildly. 2. to move in waves; undulate. v.t. 3. to cause to fluctuate. [1625–35; < Latin fluctuātus to surge, derivative of fluctus wave, flood, derivative of fluere to flow] fluc`tu•a′tion, n.

fluctuate

Past participle: fluctuated
Gerund: fluctuating

Imperative
fluctuate
fluctuate

Present
I fluctuate
you fluctuate
he/she/it fluctuates
we fluctuate
you fluctuate
they fluctuate

Preterite
I fluctuated
you fluctuated
he/she/it fluctuated
we fluctuated
you fluctuated
they fluctuated

Present Continuous
I am fluctuating
you are fluctuating
he/she/it is fluctuating
we are fluctuating
you are fluctuating
they are fluctuating

Present Perfect
I have fluctuated
you have fluctuated
he/she/it has fluctuated
we have fluctuated
you have fluctuated
they have fluctuated

Past Continuous
I was fluctuating
you were fluctuating
he/she/it was fluctuating
we were fluctuating
you were fluctuating
they were fluctuating

Past Perfect
I had fluctuated
you had fluctuated
he/she/it had fluctuated
we had fluctuated
you had fluctuated
they had fluctuated

Future
I will fluctuate
you will fluctuate
he/she/it will fluctuate
we will fluctuate
you will fluctuate
they will fluctuate

Future Perfect
I will have fluctuated
you will have fluctuated
he/she/it will have fluctuated
we will have fluctuated
you will have fluctuated
they will have fluctuated

Future Continuous
I will be fluctuating
you will be fluctuating
he/she/it will be fluctuating
we will be fluctuating
you will be fluctuating
they will be fluctuating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fluctuating
you have been fluctuating
he/she/it has been fluctuating
we have been fluctuating
you have been fluctuating
they have been fluctuating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fluctuating
you will have been fluctuating
he/she/it will have been fluctuating
we will have been fluctuating
you will have been fluctuating
they will have been fluctuating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fluctuating
you had been fluctuating
he/she/it had been fluctuating
we had been fluctuating
you had been fluctuating
they had been fluctuating

Conditional
I would fluctuate
you would fluctuate
he/she/it would fluctuate
we would fluctuate
you would fluctuate
they would fluctuate

Past Conditional
I would have fluctuated
you would have fluctuated
he/she/it would have fluctuated
we would have fluctuated
you would have fluctuated
they would have fluctuated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	fluctuate - cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike patternmove, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"fluctuate, vacillate, waver - move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
	2.	fluctuate - move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"vacillate, waverswing - alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"fluctuate - cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
	3.	fluctuate - be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

fluctuate

verb1. change, swing, vary, alter, hesitate, alternate, waver, veer, rise and fall, go up and down, ebb and flow, seesaw Body temperatures can fluctuate when you are ill.2. shift, undulate, oscillate, vacillate the constantly fluctuating price of crude oil

Translations

κυμαίνομαιfluctuerfluttuarefluttuazioneoscillareколебаться