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undulating

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    • [verb uhn-juh-leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-; adjective uhn-juh-lit, -leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-]
    • /verb ˈʌn dʒəˌleɪt, ˈʌn dyə-, -də-; adjective ˈʌn dʒə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈʌn dyə-, -də-/
    • /ˈʌn.djʊ.leɪ.tɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [verb uhn-juh-leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-; adjective uhn-juh-lit, -leyt, uhn-dyuh-, -duh-]
    • /verb ˈʌn dʒəˌleɪt, ˈʌn dyə-, -də-; adjective ˈʌn dʒə lɪt, -ˌleɪt, ˈʌn dyə-, -də-/

Definitions of undulating word

  • verb without object undulating to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze. 1
  • verb without object undulating to have a wavy form or surface; bend with successive curves in alternate directions. 1
  • verb without object undulating (of a sound) to rise and fall in pitch: the wail of a siren undulating in the distance. 1
  • verb with object undulating to cause to move in waves. 1
  • verb with object undulating to give a wavy form to. 1
  • adjective undulating Also, undulated. having a wavelike or rippled form, surface, edge, etc.; wavy. 1
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Origin of undulating

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; < Latin undulātus waved, equivalent to und(a) wave + -ul(a) -ule + -ātus -ate1

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Parts of speech for Undulating

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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undulating popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for undulating

adj undulating

  • billowy — full of or forming billows
  • bipolar — suffering from bipolar manic-depressive disorder
  • bulgy — having a bulge or bulges
  • deviative — tending to deviate or cause to deviate
  • hilly — full of hills; having many hills; hilly country.

adjective undulating

  • circumrotary — Alternative form of circumrotatory.
  • curving — a continuously bending line, without angles.
  • waving — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
  • wavy — curving alternately in opposite directions; undulating: a wavy course; wavy hair.
  • wiggly — wiggling: a wiggly child.
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