"vacillating" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more vacillating [comparative], most vacillating [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} vacillating (comparative more vacillating, superlative most vacillating)
  1. Liable to vacillate. Synonyms: indecisive, irresolute, wavering Translations (irresolute): нерешителен (nerešitelen) (Bulgarian), колеблив (kolebliv) (Bulgarian), epäröivä (Finnish), nakimmappoq (Greenlandic), luaineach (Irish), нерішучий (nerišučyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), хиткий (xytkyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), той, що вагається (toj, ščo vahajetʹsja) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-vacillating-en-adj-ViWfL9C3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 23 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 11 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 12 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 8 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 73 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 73 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Greenlandic translations: 75 14 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 73 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 73 14 13

Noun [English]

Forms: vacillatings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vacillating (countable and uncountable, plural vacillatings)
  1. Vacillation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vacillating-en-noun-uvqrXpRF

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} vacillating
  1. present participle and gerund of vacillate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: vacillate
    Sense id: en-vacillating-en-verb-wZzOSpil

Inflected forms

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