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(intransitive) To sway back and forth; to totter or reel. / (intransitive) To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.

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waver

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/

Verb

intransitive

Japanese Meaning

左右に揺れる、ふらつく / （弱い光が）ちらちら瞬く、きらめく

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The old sign began to waver in the gusty wind.

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強風で古い看板が前後に揺れ始めた。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

Flowers wavered in the breeze.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.

Sense（3）

(intransitive) To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.

Sense（4）

(intransitive) To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.

His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.

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Sense（5）

(intransitive) To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.

...and that when a man was in the wrong his courage wavered, and his nerves became unsteady, and so he couldn't fight to advantage and was easily overcome.

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Sense（6）

(intransitive) To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.

Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.

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wavers

（ present singular third-person ）

wavering

（ participle present ）

wavered

（ participle past ）

wavered

（ past ）

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