"fluctuate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈflʌkt͡ʃu.eɪt/, /ˈflʌktju.eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fluctuate.wav Forms: fluctuates [present, singular, third-person], fluctuating [participle, present], fluctuated [participle, past], fluctuated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fluctuo, fluctuatus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|fluctuo|fluctuo, fluctuatus}} Latin fluctuo, fluctuatus Head templates: {{en-verb}} fluctuate (third-person singular simple present fluctuates, present participle fluctuating, simple past and past participle fluctuated)
  1. (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing. Tags: intransitive Translations (to vary irregularly; to swing): колебая се (kolebaja se) (Bulgarian), меня се (menja se) (Bulgarian), fluctuar (Catalan), 波動 (Chinese Mandarin), 波动 (bōdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), kolísat (Czech), heilahdella (Finnish), vaihdella (Finnish), heittelehtiä (Finnish), fluctuer (French), schwanken (German), fluktuieren (German), κυμαίνομαι (kymaínomai) (Greek), ingadozik (Hungarian), fluktuar (Ido), manei (Maori), mānenei (Maori), svinge (Norwegian), fluktuere (Norwegian), نوسان کردن (navasân kardan) (Persian), колеба́ться (kolebátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), меня́ться (menjátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fluctuate-en-verb-Rew0cccB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 7 7 44 Disambiguation of 'to vary irregularly; to swing': 75 0 0 24
  2. (intransitive) To undulate. Tags: intransitive Translations (to undulate): меня (menja) (Bulgarian), варирам (variram) (Bulgarian), fluctuar (Catalan), onduler (French), κυμαίνομαι (kymaínomai) (Greek), hullámzik (Hungarian), меня́ться (menjátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), варьи́ровать (varʹírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fluctuate-en-verb--ofpSwwT Disambiguation of 'to undulate': 1 94 2 3
  3. (intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver. Tags: intransitive Translations (to be irresolute; to waver): (hin und her) schwanken (German), ingadozik (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-fluctuate-en-verb-fHledn-K Disambiguation of 'to be irresolute; to waver': 1 2 96 2
  4. (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to vary irregularly): heilutella (Finnish), heilautella (Finnish), heitellä (Finnish), колеба́ть (kolebátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fluctuate-en-verb-YvcXPbNb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 7 7 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 4 5 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 36 5 6 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 3 4 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 5 6 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 28 5 6 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 26 7 6 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 5 6 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 5 6 61 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 5 6 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 9 6 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 9 6 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 27 3 4 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 10 8 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 28 5 6 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 26 5 6 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 26 5 7 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 29 3 4 64 Disambiguation of 'to cause to vary irregularly': 13 1 1 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fluctuant, fluctuation

Verb [Latin]

Forms: flūctuāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=flūctuāte}} flūctuāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of flūctuō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: flūctuō
    Sense id: en-fluctuate-la-verb-aQvIPaj6 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} fluctuate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fluctuar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: fluctuar
    Sense id: en-fluctuate-es-verb-4CgW6YGH Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations"
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      "name": "bor"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin fluctuo, fluctuatus.",
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    {
      "form": "fluctuates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fluctuating",
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        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "fluctuant"
    },
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      "word": "fluctuation"
    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To vary irregularly; to swing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swing",
          "swing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To undulate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "undulate",
          "undulate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To undulate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I fluctuated between wishing he was back home and wishing I'd never met him.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be irresolute; to waver."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "irresolute",
          "irresolute"
        ],
        [
          "waver",
          "waver"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to vary irregularly."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to vary irregularly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflʌkt͡ʃu.eɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflʌktju.eɪt/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kolebaja se",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "колебая се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "menja se",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "меня се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "fluctuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "波動"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bōdòng",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "波动"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "kolísat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "heilahdella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "vaihdella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "heittelehtiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "fluctuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "schwanken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "fluktuieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kymaínomai",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "κυμαίνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "ingadozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "fluktuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "manei"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "mānenei"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "svinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "fluktuere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "navasân kardan",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "word": "نوسان کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolebátʹsja",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "колеба́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "menjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "меня́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "menja",
      "sense": "to undulate",
      "word": "меня"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "variram",
      "sense": "to undulate",
      "word": "варирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to undulate",
      "word": "fluctuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to undulate",
      "word": "onduler"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kymaínomai",
      "sense": "to undulate",
      "word": "κυμαίνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to undulate",
      "word": "hullámzik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "menjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to undulate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "меня́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "varʹírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to undulate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "варьи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be irresolute; to waver",
      "word": "(hin und her) schwanken"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be irresolute; to waver",
      "word": "ingadozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to vary irregularly",
      "word": "heilutella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to vary irregularly",
      "word": "heilautella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to vary irregularly",
      "word": "heitellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolebátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to vary irregularly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "колеба́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fluctuate"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flūctuāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "flūctuāte"
      },
      "expansion": "flūctuāte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "flūctuō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person plural present active imperative of flūctuō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flūctuō",
          "fluctuo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fluctuate"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "fluctuate",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "fluctuar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular voseo imperative of fluctuar combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fluctuar",
          "fluctuar#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
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        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fluctuate"
}

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