various

English Online Dictionary. What means various‎? What does various mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”). By surface analysis, vary +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.əs/
• (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.əs/, (among some speakers) /ˈvæɹi.əs/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹi.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs, -æɹi.əs

Determiner

various

1. More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

Adjective

various (not comparable)

1. Having a broad range (of different elements).
2. (dated) That varies or differs from others; variant; different.

Synonyms

• diverse, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, multifarious, sundry; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

Antonyms

• monotonous

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Further reading

• “various”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “various”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Saviour, saviour