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VARIED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Broken away from sameness or identity or duplication
Example:
her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty
Classified under:
Similar:
changed (made or become different in nature or form)
Derivation:
variedness (characterized by variation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Widely different
Example:
varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants
Synonyms:
varied; wide-ranging
Classified under:
Similar:
diversified (having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety)
Derivation:
variedness (characterized by variation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characterized by variety
Example:
his work is interesting and varied
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
many-sided; miscellaneous; multifaceted; multifarious (having many aspects or qualities)
omnifarious (of all varieties or forms or kinds)
varicolored; varicoloured; variegated (having a variety of colors)
variform (varying in form or shape)
variable; varying (marked by diversity or difference)
various; versatile (having great diversity or variety)
Also:
heterogeneous; heterogenous (consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature)
modified (changed in form or character)
different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)
Attribute:
diverseness; diversity; multifariousness; variety (noticeable heterogeneity)
Antonym:
unvaried (lacking variety)
Derivation:
variedness (characterized by variation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb vary
Context examples:
All day a stream of pennies, varied by silver, poured in upon me, and it was a very bad day in which I failed to take £ 2.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You or the recipient of your gift won’t be satisfied with the product, and the reasons are varied.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Ependymal tumors occur predominantly in children and young adults with varied morphological features and biological behavior.
(Ependymal tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
For once he dug in vain into that mine of varied information.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The nature and extent of the microbial stability varied across the people studied, such that each person had a unique microbial signature.
(Skin microbes fairly stable over time, NIH)
The amount of ring material on the edge of the alpha ring — one of the brightest of Uranus' multiple rings — varied periodically.
(Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons, NASA)
The geographic pattern of expansion varied from season to season, with the largest differences along the Sahara's northern and southern boundaries.
(New study finds world’s largest desert, the Sahara, has grown by 10 percent since 1920, National Science Foundation)
The breeds in the Non-Sporting Group are a varied collection in terms of size, coat, personality and overall appearance.
(Non-Sporting Breed, NCI Thesaurus)
So the fortnight slipped away, varied by nothing but the variation of the tide, which altered Mr. Peggotty's times of going out and coming in, and altered Ham's engagements also.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mean life-span of BDII/Han 33.6 +/-4.7 months in males and 22.5+/-4.4 months in females, with 91% of females developing endometrial carcinomas, but with a more varied range of tumors in males.
(BDII, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
