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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb oscillate has 2 senses
- oscillate(v = verb.stative) hover, vacillate, vibrate - be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" is one way to hesitate, waffle, waver
- oscillate(v = verb.motion) vibrate - move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating" is one way to sway, swing
Derived form noun oscillation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Derived forms noun oscillation3, noun oscillation2, adjective oscillatory1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
oscillate, v. i. [L. oscillare to swing, fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Osculate.].
- To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway. [1913 Webster]
- To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth. [1913 Webster]"The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oscillate, v.
1 intr. & tr. a swing to and fro like a pendulum. b move to and fro between points.
2 intr. vacillate; vary between extremes of opinion, action, etc.
3 intr. Physics move with periodic regularity.
4 intr. Electr. (of a current) undergo high-frequency alternations as across a spark-gap or in a valve-transmitter circuit.
5 intr. (of a radio receiver) radiate electromagnetic waves owing to faulty operation.
1 intr. & tr. a swing to and fro like a pendulum. b move to and fro between points.
2 intr. vacillate; vary between extremes of opinion, action, etc.
3 intr. Physics move with periodic regularity.
4 intr. Electr. (of a current) undergo high-frequency alternations as across a spark-gap or in a valve-transmitter circuit.
5 intr. (of a radio receiver) radiate electromagnetic waves owing to faulty operation.
Derivative
oscillation n. oscillator n. oscillatory adj.
Etymology
L oscillare oscillat- swing
THESAURUS
oscillate
alternate, back and fill, be here again, bob, bobble, careen, change, circle, coggle, come again, come and go, come around, come round, come round again, come up again, cycle, dangle, dither, ebb and flow, equivocate, flounder, fluctuate, flutter, go through phases, hem and haw, intermit, librate, lurch, nutate, pendulate, pitch, pulsate, pulse, reappear, recur, reel, reoccur, repeat, resonate, return, revolve, ring the changes, rock, roll, roll around, rotate, seesaw, shake, shift, shilly-shally, shuffle, stagger, swag, sway, swing, teeter, teeter-totter, tergiversate, toss, totter, turn, undulate, vacillate, vary, vibrate, wag, waggle, wave, waver, wax and wane, wheel, wheel around, wobbleROGET THESAURUS
oscillate
Changeableness
VB fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes, sway to and fro, shift to and fro, change and change about, waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute), oscillate, vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes, alternate, have as man phases as the moon.Oscillation
VB oscillate, vibrate, librate, alternate, undulate, wave, rock, swing, pulsate, beat, wag, waggle, nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy, tick, play, wamble, wabble, dangle, swag, fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake, quiver, quaver, shake, flicker, wriggle, roll, toss, pitch, flounder, stagger, totter, move up and down, bob up and down, pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go, vacillate, teeter, brandish, shake, flourish.
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