Definitions for variantˈvɛər i ənt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

var•i•antˈvɛər i ənt(adj.)

  1. tending to change; exhibiting variety.

  2. differing, esp. from something of the same general kind.

  3. not definitive; alternative:

    a variant reading.

  4. not universally accepted.

  5. (n.)a person or thing that varies.

  6. a different spelling, pronunciation, or form of the same word: Vehemency is a variant of vehemence.

    Category: Language/Linguistics

Origin of variant:

1325–75; ME < L variant-, s. of variāns, prp. of variāre to vary ; see -ant

Princeton's WordNet

  1. discrepancy, variance, variant(noun)

    an event that departs from expectations

  2. form, variant, strain, var.(noun)

    (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

    "a new strain of microorganisms"

  3. random variable, variate, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable(noun)

    a variable quantity that is random

  4. version, variant, variation, edition(adj)

    something a little different from others of the same type

    "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"

  5. variant(adj)

    differing from a norm or standard

    "a variant spelling"

  6. variant(adj)

    exhibiting variation and change

    "letters variant in size"

Wiktionary

  1. variant(Noun)

    Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

  2. variant(Noun)

    A different sequence of a gene (locus).

  3. variant(Noun)

    A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.

  4. variant(Adjective)

    Showing variety, diverse.

  5. variant(Adjective)

    Showing deviation or disagreement.

  6. variant(Adjective)

    Variable.

  7. Origin: Recorded since c.1380, from variant, from varians, the present active participle of vario.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Variant(adj)

    varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse

  2. Variant(adj)

    changeable; changing; fickle

  3. Variant(noun)

    something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word


Translations for variant

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

variety(noun)

a sort or kind

They grow fourteen different varieties of rose.

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