Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Fluctuate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
2
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
"the line on the monitor vacillated"
3
be unstable
"The stock market fluctuates"
4
To vary irregularly; to swing.
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