oscillate

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verb

1. be undecided about something;
waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
• Syn:
hover, vibrate, vacillate
• Derivationally related forms:
oscillation, vacillant (for: vacillate), vacillation (for: vacillate), vacillator (for: vacillate)
• Hypernyms:
hesitate, waver, waffle
• Hyponyms:
shillyshally
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. move or swing from side to side regularly
- the needle on the meter was oscillating
• Syn:
vibrate
• Derivationally related forms:
vibrator (for: vibrate), vibration (for: vibrate), oscillatory, oscillation
• Hypernyms:
swing, sway
• Hyponyms:
hunt, librate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  vibrate, hover, vacillate