fluctuating
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˈflʌk.tʃu.eɪ.tɪŋ/
- The stock market has been fluctuating wildly, causing investors to feel anxious.
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Watch on YouTubeIf you have this, you know, fluctuating speed of the treadmill.
- If you have this, you know, fluctuating speed of the treadmill.
- And I mean, sexuality is obviously like a fluctuating spectrum.
- Am I the changing mind that I only know as fluctuating thoughts and emotions?
- So the previous multiple multiform circle of gods with fluctuating characteristics confines itself.
- Many people who have fluctuating blood sugar levels have a need for more magnesium.
- Or maybe your system has a magnetic moment M and the environment is consists of fluctuating magnetic fields.
- There are too many examples of assessors failing to consider or understand the fluctuating and non visible nature of some conditions.
- Theirs is a glinting, at times blinding, subtle, fluctuating world of poesis.
- But that's not the the the fluctuating frontier of what is experimentally true is not something that's taught in school.
Examples
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Many people who have fluctuating blood sugar levels have a need for more magnesium.
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So it's like a very fluctuating income that's not consistent until you reach a certain point.
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And these of course are stars, as David mentioned earlier, stars that are fluctuating in in brightness.
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And it's constantly fluctuating, but over short times it averages.
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So our brain and our brain chemicals are fluctuating, not predetermined.
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There are too many examples of assessors failing to consider or understand the fluctuating and non visible nature of some conditions.
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Her mood is often fluctuating, shifting from happiness to sadness throughout the day.
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The temperatures this week are fluctuating, with highs and lows that change daily.
Synonyms
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4.4
Likely to change suddenly and hard to know in advance
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4.4
Not steady and likely to change, fail, or fall
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7.0
Likely to change suddenly and become more dangerous
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6.1
Not regular or predictable and likely to change suddenly
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3.4
Different in size, amount, level or kind
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3.5
Happening at no fixed times
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6.2
Changing often in a way you cannot rely on
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6.7
Something that moves and changes direction suddenly and often
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4.3
Weather that often changes, bringing rain or strong wind
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7.5
Changing often and not staying the same
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8.1
Not able to make a firm decision and often changing their mind
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7.5
Tends to be different often
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6.3
Changing over time and not staying the same
Often changes mood or behavior quickly and without warning
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.3
The price of one currency that goes up and down with market buying and selling
How Variable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fluctuating comes from the Latin root fluctus, which means 'wave' or 'flow', like sea waves that rise and fall. So when something is fluctuating, it goes up and down or changes often.