fluctuate
verb /ˈflʌktʃueɪt/
/ˈflʌktʃueɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fluctuate | /ˈflʌktʃueɪt/ /ˈflʌktʃueɪt/ |
| he / she / it fluctuates | /ˈflʌktʃueɪts/ /ˈflʌktʃueɪts/ |
| past simple fluctuated | /ˈflʌktʃueɪtɪd/ /ˈflʌktʃueɪtɪd/ |
| past participle fluctuated | /ˈflʌktʃueɪtɪd/ /ˈflʌktʃueɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form fluctuating | /ˈflʌktʃueɪtɪŋ/ /ˈflʌktʃueɪtɪŋ/ |
- to change frequently in size, amount, quality, etc., especially from one extreme to another synonym vary
- fluctuating prices
- The documentary follows the fluctuating fortunes of one marketing company.
- fluctuate between A and B During the crisis, oil prices fluctuated between $20 and $40 a barrel.
- + adv./prep. Temperatures can fluctuate by as much as 10 degrees.
- My weight fluctuated wildly depending on how much I ate.
- My mood seems to fluctuate from day to day.
- The rate of inflation has been fluctuating around 4% for some time.
Wordfinder- boom
- decline
- dip
- fluctuate
- level off/out
- peak
- plateau
- plummet
- slump
- trend
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1- The number of boys at the school fluctuates around 100.
- The number of unemployed fluctuates between two and three million.
- Traffic congestion fluctuates according to the time of day.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- greatly
- dramatically
- …
- according to
- around
- between
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as fluctuation): from Latin fluctuat- ‘undulated’, from the verb fluctuare, from fluctus ‘flow, current, wave’, from fluere ‘to flow’.