various en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio non-Mary-marry-merry
- (US) audio Mary-marry-merry
- /ˈvæɹi.əs/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger; among some speakers
- /ˈvɛɹi.əs/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈvɛəɹi.əs/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- (US) audio non-Mary-marry-merry
- /ˈvɛəɹi.əs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having a broad range (of different elements).
For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.
1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:The reasons are various.
The penalty for the breach of various contracts is scourging with stripes[…]
1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 114:
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(dated, not-comparable) That varies or differs from others; variant; different, sundry.
a various reading of a Biblical text
Antonyms
Deriveds
many and various · variously · various and sundry · variousness · omnivarious · various reading · invariously
Relateds
variant · variation · variety · variegate · vary · variously
Synonyms
manifold · miscellaneous · motley · diverse · multifarious · sundry
Translations (116)
cu разьнъ (an eclectic range of) · fi erilainen (an eclectic range of) · fa-ira مُخْتَلِف (an eclectic range of) · nl divers (an eclectic range of) · nl uiteenlopend (an eclectic range of) · grc διάφορος (an eclectic range of) · sa विभिन्न (an eclectic range of) · ga éagsúil (an eclectic range of) · ja いろいろな (an eclectic range of) · hu különböző (an eclectic range of) · fr divers (an eclectic range of) · th นานา (an eclectic range of) · ka სხვადასხვაგვარი (an eclectic range of) · ga ilchineálach (an eclectic range of) · ar شَتَّى (an eclectic range of) · ka სხვადასხვა (an eclectic range of) · mr वेगवेगळे (an eclectic range of) · ko 여러 (an eclectic range of) · bo སྣ་མིན་སྣ་ཚོགས (an eclectic range of) · mr विभिन्न (an eclectic range of) · ka მრავალფეროვანი (an eclectic range of) · pt vários (an eclectic range of) · cmn 各種（的） /各种（的） (an eclectic range of) · te వేర్వేరు (an eclectic range of) · ro diferit (an eclectic range of) · orv розьнъ (an eclectic range of) · mn олон төрлийн (an eclectic range of) · be ро́зны (an eclectic range of) · ga ilghnéitheach (an eclectic range of) · th ทั้งหลาย (an eclectic range of) · ba төрлө (an eclectic range of) · ca varis (an eclectic range of) · uk різномані́тний (an eclectic range of) · ml വിവിധ (an eclectic range of) · mi whakaehu (an eclectic range of) · bg разли́чен (an eclectic range of) · dsb wšaki (an eclectic range of) · sh raznoliki (an eclectic range of) · lt įvairus (an eclectic range of) · ru ра́зный (an eclectic range of) · vi khác nhau (an eclectic range of) · cs různý (an eclectic range of) · nb ymse (an eclectic range of) · cs rozmanitý (an eclectic range of) · az cürbəcür (an eclectic range of) · sh rȃznī (an eclectic range of) · hy տարբեր (an eclectic range of) · ro felurit (an eclectic range of) · sk rozmanitý (an eclectic range of) · ro divers (an eclectic range of) · pl rozmaity (an eclectic range of) · kn ಬೇರೆಬೇರೆ (an eclectic range of) · hu sokféle (an eclectic range of) · km ផ្សេងៗ (an eclectic range of) · ar مُخْتَلِف (an eclectic range of) · eo diversa (an eclectic range of) · ka განსხვავებული (an eclectic range of) · it vario (an eclectic range of) · ang manigfeald (an eclectic range of) · th ต่าง ๆ (an eclectic range of) · da forskellige (an eclectic range of) · la varius (an eclectic range of) · ro variat (an eclectic range of) · haw likeʻole (an eclectic range of) · uk рі́зний (an eclectic range of) · ar مُتَنَوَّع (an eclectic range of) · sl različen (an eclectic range of) · nl verscheiden (an eclectic range of) · my အဖုံဖုံ (an eclectic range of) · mk разновиден (an eclectic range of) · el διάφορος (an eclectic range of) · fi eri (an eclectic range of) · gd eadar-dhealaichte (an eclectic range of) · uz turli (an eclectic range of) · sk rôzny (an eclectic range of) · es varios (an eclectic range of) · lo ຕ່າງໆ (an eclectic range of) · ko 다양하다 (an eclectic range of) · th หลากหลาย (an eclectic range of) · mr विविध (an eclectic range of) · io diversa (an eclectic range of) · bg ра́зен (an eclectic range of) · sh ра̑знӣ (an eclectic range of) · cs rozdílný (an eclectic range of) · ka სხვადასხვანაირი (an eclectic range of) · ka ნაირ-ნაირი (an eclectic range of) · sv olika (an eclectic range of) · fi moninainen (an eclectic range of) · km ពិពិធ (an eclectic range of) · th ต่าง (an eclectic range of) · mr निरनिराळे (an eclectic range of) · ja 様々な (an eclectic range of) · kn ವಿವಿಧ (an eclectic range of) · cs rozličný (an eclectic range of) · az müxtəlif (an eclectic range of) · tg мухталиф (an eclectic range of) · tr çeşitli (an eclectic range of) · mk разен (an eclectic range of) · sk rozličný (an eclectic range of) · ml പല (an eclectic range of) · mi kanorau (an eclectic range of) · lo ນານາ (an eclectic range of) · eu askotariko (an eclectic range of) · pl różny (an eclectic range of) · fi vaihteleva (an eclectic range of) · ru разли́чный (an eclectic range of) · ko 여러 가지의 (an eclectic range of) · de verschiedene (an eclectic range of) · mk различен (an eclectic range of) · hu különféle (an eclectic range of) · lv dažādi (an eclectic range of) · ur مُخْتَلِف (an eclectic range of) · lt skirtingas (an eclectic range of) · hi विभिन्न (an eclectic range of) · nb ulike (an eclectic range of) · haw like ʻole (an eclectic range of)