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fluctuate

/ fluctuate /

verb

verb Sense 1

be unstable; have ups and downs

"The stock market fluctuates"

Type of:

change state turn

Derived:

fluctuation wavering

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

verb Sense 2

move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

"the line on the monitor vacillated"

Type of:

swing

Derived:

waver flutter flicker fluctuation wavering

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something

verb Sense 3

cause to fluctuate or move in a wave-like pattern

Type of:

move displace

Derived:

fluctuation

Verb group:

vacillate waver

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

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