volatile

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UK /ˈvɒl.əˌtaɪ.(ə)l/ US /ˈvɑ.lə.təl/

adj 5noun 2

Collocations

(adj.) that can easily change

VERBS

be | become | remain

ADV

dangerously, extremely, highly, very

The stock market has been extremely volatile this year, making it risky for new investors.

increasingly | fairly, quite, rather, somewhat

potentially

The stock market has been potentially volatile this year, making many investors nervous.

notoriously | politically

(adj.) that can easily change into a gas

VERBS

be | become | remain

ADV

highly, very

The stock market became very volatile after the unexpected election results last week.

Definitions

adj

Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.

Of a substance, explosive.

Of a price, variable or erratic.

Its pricing is highly volatile — and therefore highly risky. For all its nosebleed ascents, bitcoin also has had some gut-punching plunges. Between November 2021 and November 2022, for example, the price of bitcoin dropped 75%, from $64,455 to $16,196, according to data on coinmarketcap.com.

Of a person, quick to become angry or violent.

a volatile man

Fickle.

noun

A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.

A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.

Operations on C++ volatiles do put the compiler on notice that the object may be modified asynchronously, and hence are generally safer to use than ordinary variable accesses.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachment

fickle

adjective — liable to lead to sudden change or violence

explosive

Antonyms

nonvolatile
nonvolatilizable
nonvolatilisable

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

a volatile man

Wiktionary

This method stores a value into a non-volatile field called result, then stores true in the volatile field finished. The main thread waits for the field finished to be set to true, then reads the fiel

Wiktionary

Operations on C++ volatiles do put the compiler on notice that the object may be modified asynchronously, and hence are generally safer to use than ordinary variable accesses.

Wiktionary

The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.

Tatoeba · #1936

Reputations are volatile. Loyalties are fickle. Management teams are increasingly disconnected from their staff.

Tatoeba · #1944744

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, volatile is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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