variant
Something that is slightly different from a type or normSomething that is slightly different from a type or norm.
» Both variants are correct.
Beide Varianten sind korrekt.
Оба варианта правильные.
Обидва варіанти правильні.
Meaning
4 sensesSomething that is slightly different from a type or norm.
All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.
Variante
вариа́нтvariánt
варіа́нтvariánt, варіянтvarijant
something a little different from others of the same type
A different sequence of a gene (locus).
A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
Examples
36 sentencesBoth variants are correct.
Обидва варіанти правильні.
ruОба варианта правильные.
deBeide Varianten sind korrekt.
There is a new coronavirus variant.
deEs gibt eine neue Coronavirusvariante.
Oleg developed forty variants of the experiment.
Ga-ga is a variant of dodgeball.
Paul created a deadlier variant of the virus.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to cFrom Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”). First attested in c. 1380.
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Forms
plural: variantsSynonyms
12 synonyms- something a little different from others of the same type:versionvariationedition
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups:formstrainvar.
- a variable quantity that is random:random variablevariatestochastic variablechance variable
- an event that departs from expectations:discrepancyvariance