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FLUCTUATE

\flˈʌkt͡ʃuːˌe͡ɪt], \flˈʌkt‍ʃuːˌe‍ɪt], \f_l_ˈʌ_k_tʃ_uː_ˌeɪ_t]\

Definitions of FLUCTUATE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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be unstable; have ups and downs; "The stock market fluctuates"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

be unstable; have ups and downs; "The stock market fluctuates"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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.
To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.
To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To roll to and fro, as a wave; rise and fall, as the stock market; be undecided or wavering.
Fluctuation.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To move in waves, noting the motion of fluid in a cavity such as the abdomen.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

To float backward and forward; to roll hither and thither; to be irresolute.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To flow backward and forward; be irresolute.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To cause to fluctuate.
To float backward and forward; to waver; to rise and fall; to be unsteady.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To move, as a wave; to move, now in one direction then in another; to be irresolute or wavering; to rise and fall, as prices.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

To move in waves.
To vary between certain limits.
To communicate to an examiner the sensation of fluctuation. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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