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{
"term": "fluctuate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "fluctuate",
"heSheIt": "fluctuates"
},
"pastSimple": "fluctuated",
"pastParticiple": "fluctuated",
"ingForm": "fluctuating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to change frequently in size, amount, quality, etc., especially from one extreme to another",
"sensetop": "fluctuate between A and B+ adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "fluctuating prices"
},
{
"text": "The documentary follows the fluctuating fortunes of one marketing company."
},
{
"text": "During the crisis, oil prices fluctuated between $20 and $40 a barrel.",
"contextForm": "fluctuate between A and B"
},
{
"text": "Temperatures can fluctuate by as much as 10 degrees.",
"contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
},
{
"text": "My weight fluctuated wildly depending on how much I ate."
},
{
"text": "My mood seems to fluctuate from day to day."
},
{
"text": "The rate of inflation has been fluctuating around 4% for some time."
},
{
"text": "The number of boys at the school fluctuates around 100."
},
{
"text": "The number of unemployed fluctuates between two and three million."
},
{
"text": "Traffic congestion fluctuates according to the time of day."
}
],
"synonyms": "vary",
"topics": ["Money"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["considerably", "greatly", "dramatically"],
"preposition": ["according to", "around", "between"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈflʌktʃueɪt/",
"audio": "fl/fluctuate/fluctuate__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈflʌktʃueɪts/",
"audio": "fl/fluctuate/fluctuates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈflʌktʃueɪtɪd/",
"audio": "fl/fluctuate/fluctuated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈflʌktʃueɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "fl/fluctuate/fluctuating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈflʌktʃueɪt/",
"audio": "fl/fluctuate/fluctuate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈflʌktʃueɪts/",
"audio": "fl/fluctuate/fluctuates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈflʌktʃueɪtɪd/",
"audio": "fl/fluctuate/fluctuated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈflʌktʃueɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "fl/fluctuate/fluctuating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as fluctuation): from Latin fluctuat- ‘undulated’, from the verb fluctuare, from fluctus ‘flow, current, wave’, from fluere ‘to flow’."
}