C2verb · transitive · rare

fluctuate

fluctuate · fluctuates · fluctuated · fluctuating

меняться, колебаться, варьировать, колебать

schwanken, (hin und her) schwanken, fluktuieren

To vary irregularly; to swingTo vary irregularly; to swing.

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/ˈflʌkt͡ʃu.eɪt/

» The price of gold fluctuates daily.

Der Goldpreis fluktuiert täglich.

Der Goldpreis schwankt täglich.

Цена на золото ежедневно колеблется.

Ціна на золото коливається щоденно.

Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)To vary irregularly; to swing.
schwanken, fluktuieren
колеба́тьсяkolebátʹsja, меня́тьсяmenjátʹsja
(intransitive)To undulate.
меня́тьсяmenjátʹsja, варьи́роватьvarʹírovatʹ
(intransitive)To be irresolute; to waver.
I fluctuated between wishing he was back home and wishing I'd never met him.
(hin und her) schwanken
(transitive)To cause to vary irregularly.
колеба́тьkolebátʹ
(also, figuratively, literally, rare)To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves.

More definitions

be unstable
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

Examples

20 sentences

The price of gold fluctuates daily.
Ціна на золото коливається щоденно.
ruЦена на золото ежедневно колеблется.
deDer Goldpreis fluktuiert täglich.
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The temperature has been fluctuating a lot.
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He fluctuated between hope and despair.
deEr schwankte zwischen Hoffnung und Verzweiflung.
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The policy fluctuated between two opinions.
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The price fluctuates according to demand.
ruЦена колеблется в соответствии со спросом.
deDer Preis schwankt je nach Nachfrage.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to vary irregularly; to swing:

to undulate:

to cause to vary irregularly:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to vary irregularly; to swing:

to be irresolute; to waver:

Origin

First attested in 1630; borrowed from Latin flūctuātus, perfect passive participle of flūc

First attested in 1630; borrowed from Latin flūctuātus, perfect passive participle of flūctuō (“(of the sea) to surge, swell; (of man) to waver, fluctuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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