Definitions for various
ˈvɛər i əsvar·i·ous

Princeton's WordNet(3.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. assorted, various(adj)

   of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

   "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior"

2. respective(a), several(a), various(a)(adj)

   considered individually

   "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed"

3. diverse, various(adj)

   distinctly dissimilar or unlike

   "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"

4. versatile, various(adj)

   having great diversity or variety

   "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. various(Adjective)

   having a broad range (of different elements).

   The reasons are various.

   Etymology: From varieux, from varius

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Various(adj)

   different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors

   Etymology: [L. varius. Cf. Vair.]

2. Various(adj)

   changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable

   Etymology: [L. varius. Cf. Vair.]

3. Various(adj)

   variegated; diversified; not monotonous

   Etymology: [L. varius. Cf. Vair.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Various

   vā′ri-us, adj. varied, different: several: unlike each other: changeable: uncertain: variegated.—adv. Vā′riously.—n. Vā′riousness. [L. varius.]

Editors Contribution(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. various

   A variety.

   The newsagent had a variety of magazines to sell.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  

Suggested Resources(2.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. various

   Song lyrics by various -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by various on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'various' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #620

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'various' in Written Corpus Frequency: #809

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'various' in Adjectives Frequency: #72

Anagrams for various »

1. saviour, Saviour

2. Saviour

How to pronounce various?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say various in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of various in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of various in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of various in a Sentence

1. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Even though various definitions of perception, it also defines precisely such a thought that comes and stays in mind; however, it appears not as a physical appearance. Conversely, the tendency exists practically and works to prove its context.

2. Cabinet Secretary Suga:

   The record rainfalls in various parts of the country have caused rivers to burst their banks, and triggered large scale floods and landslides in several areas.

3. Donald Trump:

   We didn't discuss that, really we didn't discuss it. We discussed five or six things. We also went into great detail on various things.

4. Peter Madsen:

   I was toying with various things on the submarine and then an error occurred.

5. Claude Lévi-Strauss:

   Since music is a language with some meaning at least for the immense majority of mankind, although only a tiny minority of people are capable of formulating a meaning in it, and since it is the only language with the contradictory attributes of being at once intelligible and untranslatable, the musical creator is a being comparable to the gods, and music itself the supreme mystery of the science of man, a mystery that all the various disciplines come up against and which holds the key to their progress.

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