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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fluhk-choo-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈflʌk tʃuˌeɪt



Definition of fluctuate

Origin :
  • 1630s, from Latin fluctuatus, past participle of fluctuare "to undulate" (see fluctuation). Related: Fluctuated; fluctuates; fluctuating.
  • verb vacillate, change
Example sentences :
  • The face of the ground seems to fluctuate and toss like billows of the sea.
  • Extract from : « Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant » by William Cullen Bryant
  • And even if each marries its own kind, the number of children will fluctuate.
  • Extract from : « The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book » by Various
  • They are such as are not likely to fluctuate greatly in amount.
  • Extract from : « Up To Date Business » by Various
  • I do not think they will; they may, however, fluctuate a little.
  • Extract from : « Letters to his mother, Ann Borrow » by George Borrow
  • So that if God do not change (which is impossible), then my hope shall not fluctuate.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
  • His boundaries might fluctuate; the position of this or that land might fluctuate.
  • Extract from : « The Chief Periods of European History » by Edward A. Freeman
  • All of these are variations that fluctuate with even slight changes in the climate.
  • Extract from : « The Peaches of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
  • I cannot fluctuate nowforgive mesay but the word, and I am in your arms!
  • Extract from : « Single Life » by John Baldwin Buckstone
  • They pre-suppose that, for all practical purposes, its quantity cannot vary, or fluctuate.
  • Extract from : « Lux Mundi » by Various
  • Wages will be as low, and will fluctuate as much with you as with us.
  • Extract from : « The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 » by Various

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