Fluctuate
verb
To change often and irregularly in level or intensity.
Prices of these goods tend to fluctuate a lot throughout the year.
Often appears as...
- prices fluctuate
- temperatures fluctuate
verb
To keep changing your mind about something.
She keeps fluctuating between going to college or taking a gap year.
Often appears as...
- opinions fluctuate
- plans fluctuate
verb
To change often and irregularly in level or intensity.
Prices of these goods tend to fluctuate a lot throughout the year.
Often appears as...
- prices fluctuate
- temperatures fluctuate
verb
To keep changing your mind about something.
She keeps fluctuating between going to college or taking a gap year.
Often appears as...
- opinions fluctuate
- plans fluctuate
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
Often used in economics to describe unpredictable market changes or price variations.
Stock market values fluctuate daily.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Changes
Used to describe weather patterns that are not stable or predictable.
The forecast shows that temperatures will fluctuate this week.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Variation
Can refer to rapid changes in emotions or moods.
His mood tends to fluctuate when he's under a lot of stress.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
Often used in economics to describe unpredictable market changes or price variations.
Stock market values fluctuate daily.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Changes
Used to describe weather patterns that are not stable or predictable.
The forecast shows that temperatures will fluctuate this week.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Variation
Can refer to rapid changes in emotions or moods.
His mood tends to fluctuate when he's under a lot of stress.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
Often used in economics to describe unpredictable market changes or price variations.
Stock market values fluctuate daily.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Changes
Used to describe weather patterns that are not stable or predictable.
The forecast shows that temperatures will fluctuate this week.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Variation
Can refer to rapid changes in emotions or moods.
His mood tends to fluctuate when he's under a lot of stress.
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How does alcohol cause...
For example, alcohol disrupts levels of many hormones. One of those hormones is cortisol. Normally, fluctuating cortisol levels help regulate wakefulness throughout the day and night. So the disruption in cortisol during a hangover may cause people to feel groggy or disoriented.
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Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
on the planet that I've seen. It's like going to another world of geology and magic. Of course, it is not real anymore to some degree because this river fluctuates through the habits and needs of man as we have hydroelectric demands with air conditioning and what not.
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What does it mean to be...
We needed a sustainable movement, not one that is susceptible to the fluctuating moods of a politician or the hint of an economic downturn. And it needed to happen everywhere; otherwise, every individual government would have this built-in excuse mechanism
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Sean Carroll: Distant...
we will only live in the part of the multiverse, in the part of this infinitely big set of fluctuating particles, where life is possible. That's the region where entropy is low. Maybe our universe is just one of those things that happens from time to time.
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How does the stock...
This see-saw of supply and demand is influenced by many factors. Companies are under the unavoidable influence of market forces– such as the fluctuating price of materials, changes in production technology, and the shifting costs of labor.
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The Chinese zodiac,...
to create an ideal life they've always wanted. The collective decision made by 1.3 billion people has caused the fluctuation in economics and demand on everything, from health care and education to property and consumer goods.
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Why the universe seems...
Waves of electromagnetic fluctuation in a vacuum seem unreal. Victorians thought the waves had to be waves in some material the ether. But we find real matter comforting only because we've evolved to survive in Middle World,
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How does your body...
highly fluctuates during infancy and childhood. And that's just one of many complicating factors. Genetics, age, diet, disease, and even pregnancy influence the body's efficiency of processing medicine.
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Why does the universe...
physicists have purported to give a purely scientific explanation of how a universe like ours could have popped into existence out of sheer nothingness, a quantum fluctuation out of the void.
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What Mud From Glacial...
we are very successful now we are very happy the mod can help us to understand the climatic fluctuation in this area
Video examples
How does alcohol cause...
For example, alcohol disrupts levels of many hormones. One of those hormones is cortisol. Normally, fluctuating cortisol levels help regulate wakefulness throughout the day and night. So the disruption in cortisol during a hangover may cause people to feel groggy or disoriented.
Video examples
Chasing Rivers, Part 1:...
on the planet that I've seen. It's like going to another world of geology and magic. Of course, it is not real anymore to some degree because this river fluctuates through the habits and needs of man as we have hydroelectric demands with air conditioning and what not.
Video examples
What does it mean to be...
We needed a sustainable movement, not one that is susceptible to the fluctuating moods of a politician or the hint of an economic downturn. And it needed to happen everywhere; otherwise, every individual government would have this built-in excuse mechanism
Video examples
Sean Carroll: Distant...
we will only live in the part of the multiverse, in the part of this infinitely big set of fluctuating particles, where life is possible. That's the region where entropy is low. Maybe our universe is just one of those things that happens from time to time.
Video examples
How does the stock...
This see-saw of supply and demand is influenced by many factors. Companies are under the unavoidable influence of market forces– such as the fluctuating price of materials, changes in production technology, and the shifting costs of labor.
Video examples
The Chinese zodiac,...
to create an ideal life they've always wanted. The collective decision made by 1.3 billion people has caused the fluctuation in economics and demand on everything, from health care and education to property and consumer goods.
Video examples
Why the universe seems...
Waves of electromagnetic fluctuation in a vacuum seem unreal. Victorians thought the waves had to be waves in some material the ether. But we find real matter comforting only because we've evolved to survive in Middle World,
Video examples
How does your body...
highly fluctuates during infancy and childhood. And that's just one of many complicating factors. Genetics, age, diet, disease, and even pregnancy influence the body's efficiency of processing medicine.
Video examples
Why does the universe...
physicists have purported to give a purely scientific explanation of how a universe like ours could have popped into existence out of sheer nothingness, a quantum fluctuation out of the void.
Video examples
What Mud From Glacial...
we are very successful now we are very happy the mod can help us to understand the climatic fluctuation in this area
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Daniel Gilbert
American Psychologist
Your emotions are meant to fluctuate, just like your blood pressure is meant to fluctuate. It's a system that's supposed to move back and forth, between happy and unhappy. That's how the system guides you through the world.
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Zachary Knighton
American Actor
V-necks are great because you can get a little fat and you still look kind of good - and I like to get fat sometimes, so it's nice. I like to fluctuate between the world of skinny and fat, so V-necks suit me well.
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Arabella Weir
British Comedian
Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth.
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Antonin Artaud
French Dramatist
When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact, but to that fragile, fluctuating center which forms never reach.
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Cameron Boyce
American Actor
I've never been particularly religious, but I have recently acknowledged the universe and it's crazy powers, and that will probably fluctuate for the rest of my life.
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Sara Rue
American Actress
My weight has fluctuated my whole life, and because I've been on television since I was 11 years old, everyone has seen it.
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Lena Dunham
American Actress
My weight fluctuates depending on my mood and my current devotion to my fitness routine.
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Nicole Richie
American Actress
I think that people's weight fluctuates. It happens. It happens to everybody.
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Nadine Coyle
Irish Musician
My weight often fluctuates by half a stone.
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Miranda Lambert
American Musician
My weight always fluctuates by 10 pounds.
Quote examples
Daniel Gilbert
American Psychologist
Your emotions are meant to fluctuate, just like your blood pressure is meant to fluctuate. It's a system that's supposed to move back and forth, between happy and unhappy. That's how the system guides you through the world.
Quote examples
Zachary Knighton
American Actor
V-necks are great because you can get a little fat and you still look kind of good - and I like to get fat sometimes, so it's nice. I like to fluctuate between the world of skinny and fat, so V-necks suit me well.
Quote examples
Arabella Weir
British Comedian
Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth.
Quote examples
Antonin Artaud
French Dramatist
When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact, but to that fragile, fluctuating center which forms never reach.
Quote examples
Cameron Boyce
American Actor
I've never been particularly religious, but I have recently acknowledged the universe and it's crazy powers, and that will probably fluctuate for the rest of my life.
Quote examples
Sara Rue
American Actress
My weight has fluctuated my whole life, and because I've been on television since I was 11 years old, everyone has seen it.
Quote examples
Lena Dunham
American Actress
My weight fluctuates depending on my mood and my current devotion to my fitness routine.
Quote examples
Nicole Richie
American Actress
I think that people's weight fluctuates. It happens. It happens to everybody.
Quote examples
Nadine Coyle
Irish Musician
My weight often fluctuates by half a stone.
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Miranda Lambert
American Musician
My weight always fluctuates by 10 pounds.
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