fluctuate
US: /ˈfɫəktʃəˌweɪt/
UK: /flˈʌktʃuːˌeɪt/
UK: /flˈʌktʃuːˌeɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
fluctuate /fluctuate/
- nội động từ
- dao động, lên xuống, thay đổi bất thường
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) bập bềnh
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
[V] ~ (between A and B) to change frequently in size, amount, quality, etc., especially from one extreme to another: fluctuating prices + During the crisis, oil prices fluctuated between $20 and $40 a barrel. + Temperatures can fluctuate by as much as 10 degrees. + The documentary follows the fluctuating fortunes of one marketing company. + My weight fluctuated wildly depending on how much I ate. + My mood seems to fluctuate from day to day. + The rate of inflation has been fluctuating around 4% for some time.
fluctuation of sth): wild fluctuations in interest rates
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
vary, change, alternate, see-saw, swing, vacillate, undulate, waver, oscillate, shift:
Prices fluctuate according to supply and demand.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
considerably | sharply, widely, wildly
Prices have fluctuated wildly in recent years.
| constantly, continually
constantly fluctuating patterns
PREP.
according to
Traffic congestion fluctuates according to the time of day.
| around
The number of boys at the school fluctuates around 100.
| between
The number of unemployed fluctuates between two and three million.
Concise English dictionary
fluctuates|fluctuated|fluctuating'flʌktʃʊeɪt
verb
+cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
+move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
+be unstable
