Pronunciations (6)
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/ˈvɛəɹi.əs/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈvɛəɹi.əs/
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- General-American
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/ˈvæɹi.əs/
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/ˈvɛɹi.əs/
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ˈvɛə.ɹi.əs
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ˈvɛəɹ.i.əs
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- US
Determiner
More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).
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Various books have been taken.
There are various ways to fix the problem.
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You have broken various of the rules.
Adjective
Having a broad range (of different elements).
Usage- not-comparable
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The reasons are various.
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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.
The penalty for the breach of various contracts is scourging with stripes[…]
That varies or differs from others; variant; different, sundry.
Usage- Dated
- not-comparable
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a various reading of a Biblical text
Adjective
of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
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assorted sizes
his disguises are many and various
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various experiments have failed to disprove the theory
cited various reasons for his behavior
considered individually
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the respective club members
specialists in their several fields
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the various reports all agreed
distinctly dissimilar or unlike
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celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan
animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth
having great diversity or variety
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his various achievements are impressive
his vast and versatile erudition