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"To vary irregularly; to swing."
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"(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing."
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"_dis1": "77 0 0 22",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"(intransitive) To undulate."
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"text": "I fluctuated between wishing he was back home and wishing I'd never met him."
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"To be irresolute; to waver."
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"(intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver."
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"To cause to vary irregularly."
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"(transitive) To cause to vary irregularly."
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"(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing."
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"(intransitive) To be irresolute; to waver."
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"(transitive) To cause to vary irregularly."
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
"word": "schwanken"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
"word": "fluktuieren"
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
"word": "manei"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
"word": "svinge"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
"word": "fluktuere"
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "navasân kardan",
"sense": "to vary irregularly; to swing",
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"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "fluctuate",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"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",
"imperative",
"object-second-person",
"object-singular",
"second-person",
"singular",
"with-voseo"
]
}
],
"word": "fluctuate"
}
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