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vacillate

[ vas-uh-leyt ]

verb (used without object)

vacillated, vacillating.
  1. to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute:

    His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.

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  2. to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger.

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  3. to oscillate or fluctuate.


vacillate

/ ˈ±¹Ã¦²õɪˌ±ô±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. to fluctuate in one's opinions; be indecisive
  2. to sway from side to side physically; totter or waver
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ±¹²¹³¦¾±±ôˈ±ô²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
  • ˈ±¹²¹³¦¾±±ôËŒ±ô²¹³Ù´Ç°ù, noun
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  • ±¹²¹³¦Â·¾±±ô·±ô²¹Â·³Ù´Ç°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vacillate1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin ±¹²¹³¦¾±±ô±ôÄå³Ù³Ü²õ (past participle of ±¹²¹³¦¾±±ô±ôÄå°ù±ð “to sway to and froâ€); -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vacillate1

C16: from Latin ±¹²¹³¦¾±±ô±ôÄå°ù±ð to sway, of obscure origin
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Synonym Study

See waver 1.
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Example Sentences

The other is that the stock market has so many reasons to vacillate just now that tariff announcements may not matter very much.

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Democrats, who have vacillated over how much to criticize Israel or fight back against Trump, largely remained silent over the renewed Israeli offensive.

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Trump has vacillated between calling for the app to be banned and pitching himself as the protector of the short-form video platform.

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According to historians and experts in political speech, Trump’s wildly vacillating rhetoric is unique among presidents — many of whom have overpromised or shifted positions, but few so wildly.

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Oppenheimer modulates the lighting during the scenes from cool to warm and back again, underlining the vacillating feelings they can’t acknowledge outright.

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