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fluctuate

verb

Be unstable

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
F
Ends with
E
Contains
LU
Scrabble score
14
CEFR level
C2

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verb

  1. Be unstable

    “The stock market fluctuates”

verb

  1. Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

    “The line on the monitor vacillated”

verb

  1. Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

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The stock market fluctuates
The line on the monitor vacillated

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