English verb: fluctuate | |||
1. | fluctuate (motion) cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
Verb group | fluctuate, vacillate, waver | ||
2. | fluctuate (motion) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | ||
Samples | The line on the monitor vacillated. | ||
Synonyms | vacillate, waver | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | swing | ||
Verb group | fluctuate | ||
3. | fluctuate (change) be unstable | ||
Samples | The stock market fluctuates. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||