| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Fluctuate.[Websters]
2. To be balanced. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have heaved, doddered, wavered, oscillated or rolled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be renewed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have stumbled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be inflected or revised. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have changed, switched, shifted, swapped or substituted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have toppled or tottered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have hovered, boggled, faltered or demurred. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have rocked, waged or swayed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb fluctuate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fluctuate) | 1. Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern.[Wordnet]. 2. Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern.[Wordnet]. 3. Be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates".[Wordnet]. 4. Be unstable; have ups and downs; "The stock market fluctuates".[Wordnet]. 5. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air.[Websters]. 6. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.[Websters]. 7. To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: fluctuating, fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuater, fluctuaters, fluctuatingly and fluctuatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLUCTUATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1745. (references) |
Specialty Definition: fluctuate
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; as a fluctuating field of air.. | 2: [Verb] To float backward and forward, as on waves.. | 3: [Verb] To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady. Public opinion often fluctuates. Men often fluctuate between different parties and opinions. Hence,. | 4: [Verb] To be irresolute or undetermined.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (intransitive) To undulate. (references) | 2: [Verb] (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing. (references) | 3: [Verb] (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
