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   Fluc·tu·ate

   /ˈfləkCHəˌwāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. rise and fall irregularly in number or amount: "trade with other countries tends to fluctuate from year to year" Similar varydiffershiftchangealterwaverswingoscillatealternaterise and fallgo up and downsee-sawyo-yobe unstablebe unsteadyOpposite be steady

   Word Origin mid 17th century (earlier (late Middle English) as fluctuation): from Latin fluctuat- ‘undulated’, from the verb fluctuare, from fluctus ‘flow, current, wave’, from fluere ‘to flow’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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