0 to change, especially continuously and between one level or thing and another:
1 to change or vary frequently between one level or thing and another:
2 if prices, levels, or interest rates fluctuate, they go up and down:
Inflation has fluctuated in recent months along with oil prices.
fluctuate between sth and sth Dividend yields typically fluctuate between 4 per cent and 6 per cent.
fluctuate with sth Over the past months, retail prices have fluctuated with market conditions.
prices/investments/profits fluctuate Traders on the New York Stock Exchange monitored their screens and took a wait-and-see approach as prices fluctuated.
fluctuate wildly/significantly/slightly Shares have been fluctuating wildly in a volatile market.
fluctuate from day to day/month to month/year to year Your cash flow fluctuates from year to year as your portfolio increases or decreases.
The asymptotic solution (5.3) also be used to obtain expressions from (3.14)for can the fluctuating viscous stresses a t the wall.
Given that standards may fluctuate among studies depending on methodology, samples, or subjects, further specification is needed to ensure a consistently high level of review.
The format must be appropriate for people with a fluctuating health status, such as those with advanced lung cancer.
The nominal rate of tax fluctuated between 1s and 4s in the early eighteenth century, as governments tried to relieve the burden in peace time.
Since the position fluctuates up and downstream, the dust method gives an upstream extreme.
But due to supply constraints, resource markets are often out of equilibrium (hence the tendency of resource prices to fluctuate dramatically).
There are hints, however, that help us to associate the vocal persona with the fluctuating emotions in the accompaniment.
However, the levels of infection in female and male fish fluctuated in different months but no statistical difference was observed.