fluctuation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a wave motion
the fluctuations of the sea
Types & categories
- wave hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- vicissitude hyponym
- allomerism hyponym
- deviation hyponym
- substitution hyponym
- business cycle hyponym
- daily variation hyponym
- diurnal variation hyponym
- tide hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
he kept a record of price fluctuations
Types & categories
- unregularity hypernym
- scintillation hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluctuate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluctuate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wave |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluctuate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vary |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vicissitude |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | allomerism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deviation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | substitution |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | business cycle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | daily variation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | diurnal variation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tide |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluctuate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluctuate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | unregularity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scintillation |