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Definitions for various
ˈvɛər i əsvar·i·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
assorted, variousadjective
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"
respective(a), several(a), various(a)adjective
considered individually
"the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed"
diverse, variousadjective
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"
versatile, variousadjective
having great diversity or variety
"his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition"
Wiktionary
variousadjective
having a broad range (of different elements).
The reasons are various.
Etymology: From varieux, from varius
Webster Dictionary
Variousadjective
different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors
Etymology: [L. varius. Cf. Vair.]
Variousadjective
changeable; uncertain; inconstant; variable
Etymology: [L. varius. Cf. Vair.]
Variousadjective
variegated; diversified; not monotonous
Etymology: [L. varius. Cf. Vair.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Various
vā′ri-us, adj. varied, different: several: unlike each other: changeable: uncertain: variegated.—adv. Vā′riously.—n. Vā′riousness. [L. varius.]
Editors Contribution
various
A variety.
The newsagent had a variety of magazines to sell.
Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'various' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #620
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Rank popularity for the word 'various' in Written Corpus Frequency: #809
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'various' in Adjectives Frequency: #72
Anagrams for various »
saviour, Saviour
Saviour
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of various in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of various in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of various in a Sentence
At a certain moment the Stars of David appeared, at home, the pieces of material. I don’t know where they came from. I think that maybe my mother, or someone else arranged that we had them. I was, as a woman, required to sew them onto various pieces of clothing, so I did that. So there you were with a star on your clothes. But because all of us, I think, were at the Jewish Lyceum and a lot of others wore the star - yes I thought it was weird and I didn’t like it - but I never really felt that bad, a lot of people were in the same situation.
Nature always stays permanent in all of its dimensions; whereas, the change is an optional process in various ways, forms, and sizes.
I had a conversation like every president does. You sit with the president of various countries, i do it with all countries. We had a great conversation, we were talking about Israel and securing Israel and lots of other things and it was a great conversation. I'm not keeping anything under wraps. I couldn't care less.
Although the judge did discuss some of the topics that Jennifer mentions in her post, he did not do so in the manner that Jennifer describes, judge Gorsuch frequently asked us to consider the various challenges we would face as new attorneys.
To improve the air quality ... we must take a comprehensive view of various factors causing pollution.
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- شتى, متنوع, مختلفArabic
- төрлөBashkir
- ро́зныBelarusian
- varisCatalan, Valencian
- rozdílnýCzech
- forskelligeDanish
- verschiedeneGerman
- διάφοροςGreek
- diversajEsperanto
- variosSpanish
- vaihteleva, moninainen, erilainen, eriFinnish
- diversFrench
- éagsúil, ilchineálach, ilghnéitheachIrish
- विभिन्नHindi
- sokféle, különféle, különbözőHungarian
- diversaIdo
- varioItalian
- 여러 가지의Korean
- variisLatin
- dažādiLatvian
- uiteenlopend, verscheiden, diversDutch
- diverseNorwegian
- różnyPolish
- váriosPortuguese
- variatRomanian
- различный, разныйRussian
- raznoliki, razniSerbo-Croatian
- olikaSwedish
- వేర్వేరుTelugu
- çeşitliTurkish
- різноманітніUkrainian
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