Associations to the word «Fluctuate»

Wiktionary

FLUCTUATE, verb. (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
FLUCTUATE, verb. (intransitive) To undulate.
FLUCTUATE, verb. (transitive) To cause to vary irregularly.

Dictionary definition

FLUCTUATE, verb. Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern.
FLUCTUATE, verb. Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated".
FLUCTUATE, verb. Be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats