Associations to the word «Oscillate»

Wiktionary

OSCILLATE, verb. (intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
OSCILLATE, verb. (intransitive) To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.
OSCILLATE, verb. (intransitive) To vary above and below a mean value.

Dictionary definition

OSCILLATE, verb. Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement".
OSCILLATE, verb. Move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin