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Variety   /vərˈaɪəti/   Listen
Variety

noun
(pl. varieties)
1.
A collection containing a variety of sorts of things.  Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord.  "He had a variety of disorders" , "A veritable smorgasbord of religions"
2.
Noticeable heterogeneity.  Synonyms: diverseness, diversity, multifariousness.  "The range and variety of his work is amazing"
3.
(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics.
4.
A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances.  Synonym: variety show.
5.
A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.  Synonyms: form, kind, sort.  "What kinds of desserts are there?"
6.
A difference that is usually pleasant.  Synonym: change.  "It is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic"



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"Variety" Quotes from Famous Books



... to clean the tin porringer in which it was conveyed to me, until it was as good as a looking-glass. Here, likewise, I was put in a bath, and had new clothes brought to me; and my old rags were burnt, and I was camphored and vinegared and disinfected in a variety of ways. ...
— George Silverman's Explanation • Charles Dickens

... class is taught and boarded gratuitously, and has to pay but a very small sum for his room. It is expected, in return for these advantages, that he will be a diligent student, and render himself useful in a variety of ways. In Trinity College, at the time of Goldsmith's admission, several derogatory and indeed menial offices were exacted from the sizer, as if the college sought to indemnify itself for conferring benefits by inflicting indignities. ...
— Oliver Goldsmith • Washington Irving

... Japanese stock is in reality a hybrid of European or American species. In 1909, 45 Japanese seedling trees were set out at Gap, Lancaster Co., for experimentation along this line. A recent examination showed that 90 per cent are infected. Concerning the variety or purity of this stock, I have not been informed. Our force as well as others are at work upon the problem which ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association

... follows: In the universe, as we know it, there exists a certain amount of energy or power of doing work. This amount of energy can neither be increased nor decreased; energy can no more be created or destroyed than matter. It exists, however, in a variety of forms, which may be either active or passive. In the active state it takes some form of motion. The various forces which we recognize in nature—heat, light, electricity, chemism, etc.—are simply forms of motion, and thus forms ...
— The Story of the Living Machine • H. W. Conn

... blank-book, written over almost to the last page. I have not examined the contents carefully, but I can see that they are made up of miscellaneous passages copied from books and of reflections on a great variety of topics, with few or no records of events. One of the last entries is from Clarence Mangan's ...
— The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance • Paul Elmer More


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