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How to pronounce fluctuate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms vacillate, waver
Type of swing
Derivation fluctuation
Type Words
Type of turn, change state
Derivation fluctuation


The stock market fluctuates.
Type Words
Type of move, displace
Verb group vacillate, waver
Derivation fluctuation

Examples of fluctuate

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Given constant industry changes our hiring needs can fluctuate on a daily basis.
From the jobview.monster.com
The loonie tends to fluctuate with equities and commodities as a proxy for risk.
From the bloomberg.com
Scientists don't really understand why lemmings fluctuate so greatly in numbers.
From the usatoday.com
Throughout the pre-conference season, Green had seen his playing time fluctuate.
From the sltrib.com
We're not selling items that fluctuate based on the price of the input materials.
From the businessweek.com
The price of the bond will fluctuate as the outlook for interest rates changes.
From the bbc.co.uk
Lobster prices fluctuate widely during the year depending on supply and demand.
From the philly.com
Mortality rates fluctuate throughout the year, with higher rates in the winter.
From the sciencedaily.com
Why do populations of animals like rabbits and foxes fluctuate so dramatically?
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
  • Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
  • Be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"
  • (fluctuating) having unpredictable ups and downs; "fluctuating prices"
  • (fluctuation) a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea"
  • (fluctuation) variation: an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
  • (Fluctuation) In general, a conjuncture is a period marked by some watershed event which separates different epochs.
  • To vary irregularly; to swing; To undulate; To cause to vary irregularly
  • (fluctuation) A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; A wavering; unsteadiness; The motion or undulation of a fluid collected in a natural or artificial cavity, which is felt when it is subjected to pressure or percussion