fluctuateverb [ I ]
uk/ˈflʌk.tʃu.eɪt/us/ˈflʌk.tʃu.eɪt/C2 to change, especially continuously and between one level or thing and another:
Vegetable prices fluctuate according to the season.
Her wages fluctuate between £150 and £200 a week.
Her weight fluctuates wildly.
fluctuating prices
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- alternation
- bastardize
- convert
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- polymorphous
- reverse
- swing
- transform
- transitional
- transmogrify
- transmute
- turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth
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fluctuation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌflʌk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌflʌk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/
fluctuations in share prices/the exchange rate/temperature