"oscillate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɑsɪleɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-oscillate.ogg [US] Forms: oscillates [present, singular, third-person], oscillating [participle, present], oscillated [participle, past], oscillated [past]
Etymology: From Latin ōscillātus, perfect passive participle of Latin ōscillō (“swing”), from ōscillum (“a swing”), usually identified with ōscillum (“a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind”), diminutive of ōs (“mouth, face”). Doublet of osculate. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ōscillātus}} Latin ōscillātus, {{uder|en|la|ōscillō||swing}} Latin ōscillō (“swing”), {{m|la|ōscillum||a swing}} ōscillum (“a swing”), {{m|la|ōscillum||a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind}} ōscillum (“a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind”), {{m|la|ōs||mouth, face}} ōs (“mouth, face”), {{doublet|en|osculate}} Doublet of osculate Head templates: {{en-verb}} oscillate (third-person singular simple present oscillates, present participle oscillating, simple past and past participle oscillated)
  1. (intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Mechanics Translations (to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm): вибрирам (vibriram) (Bulgarian), осцилирам (osciliram) (Bulgarian), oscil·lar (Catalan), 振盪 (Chinese Mandarin), 振荡 (zhèndàng) (Chinese Mandarin), kmitat (Czech), oscilovat (Czech), võnkliikuma (Estonian), värähdellä (Finnish), heilua (Finnish), oskilloida (Finnish), osciller (French), oscilar (Galician), schwingen (German), pendeln (German), oszilieren (German), vibrieren (German), zittern (German), changieren (German), ταλαντεύομαι (talantévomai) (Greek), διακυμαίνομαι (diakymaínomai) (Greek), αιωρούμαι (aioroúmai) (Greek), תָּנַד (tanad) [masculine] (Hebrew), תָּנְדָה (tanda) [feminine] (Hebrew), הִתְנוֹדֵד (hitnoded) [masculine] (Hebrew), הִתְנוֹדְדָה (hitnodeda) [feminine] (Hebrew), ascalaigh (Irish), oscillare (Italian), 振動する (shindō-suru) (alt: しんどうする) (Japanese), kōpiupiu (Maori), oscylować [imperfective] (Polish), oscilar (Portuguese), oscila (Romanian), колеба́ться (kolebátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), кача́ться (kačátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), осцилли́ровать (oscillírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), oscilar (Spanish), pendla (Swedish), осцилювати (oscyljuvaty) (Ukrainian), колива́тися (kolyvátysja) (Ukrainian), osgiliadu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-oscillate-en-verb-1xYGL3cS Disambiguation of Mechanics: 36 27 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 22 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 29 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 31 33 Disambiguation of 'to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm': 98 1 2
  2. (intransitive) To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Mechanics
    Sense id: en-oscillate-en-verb-pllSxqai Disambiguation of Mechanics: 36 27 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 22 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 29 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 31 33
  3. (intransitive) To vary above and below a mean value. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Mechanics
    Sense id: en-oscillate-en-verb-lrRiCWDm Disambiguation of Mechanics: 36 27 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 22 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 29 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 35 31 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vacillate Derived forms: oscillator Related terms: oscillation, undulate

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "しんどうする",
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          "roman": "shindō-suru",
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          "roman": "kolebátʹsja",
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          "roman": "oscillírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
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          "roman": "oscyljuvaty",
          "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
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          "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
          "word": "колива́тися"
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        "4": "a swing"
      },
      "expansion": "ōscillum (“a swing”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ōscillum",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind"
      },
      "expansion": "ōscillum (“a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ōs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mouth, face"
      },
      "expansion": "ōs (“mouth, face”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osculate"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of osculate",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin ōscillātus, perfect passive participle of Latin ōscillō (“swing”), from ōscillum (“a swing”), usually identified with ōscillum (“a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind”), diminutive of ōs (“mouth, face”). Doublet of osculate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oscillates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oscillating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oscillated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oscillated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oscillate (third-person singular simple present oscillates, present participle oscillating, simple past and past participle oscillated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "oscillation"
    },
    {
      "word": "undulate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A pendulum oscillates slower as it gets longer.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swing",
          "swing"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ],
        [
          "forth",
          "forth"
        ],
        [
          "regular",
          "regular"
        ],
        [
          "rhythm",
          "rhythm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The mood for change oscillated from day to day.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vacillate",
          "vacillate"
        ],
        [
          "conflicting",
          "conflicting"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To vary above and below a mean value."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To vary above and below a mean value."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑsɪleɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-oscillate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/En-us-oscillate.ogg/En-us-oscillate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/En-us-oscillate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "vacillate"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vibriram",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "вибрирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osciliram",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "осцилирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "oscil·lar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "振盪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhèndàng",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "振荡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "kmitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "oscilovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "võnkliikuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "värähdellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "heilua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "oskilloida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "osciller"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "oscilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "schwingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "pendeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "oszilieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "vibrieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "zittern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "changieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "talantévomai",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "ταλαντεύομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diakymaínomai",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "διακυμαίνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aioroúmai",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "αιωρούμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tanad",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "תָּנַד"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tanda",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תָּנְדָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitnoded",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הִתְנוֹדֵד"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitnodeda",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הִתְנוֹדְדָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "ascalaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "oscillare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんどうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shindō-suru",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "振動する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "kōpiupiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oscylować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "oscilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "oscila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolebátʹsja",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "колеба́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kačátʹsja",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "кача́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oscillírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "осцилли́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "oscilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "pendla"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oscyljuvaty",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "осцилювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolyvátysja",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "колива́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm",
      "word": "osgiliadu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oscillate"
}

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