Meaning

4 senses

  1. Something 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

  2. A different sequence of a gene (locus).

  3. A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.

  4. 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 sentences

  1. Both variants are correct.

    Обидва варіанти правильні. — ninefi

    ruОба варианта правильные. — marafon

    deBeide Varianten sind korrekt. — mhr

    ninefi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. There is a new coronavirus variant.

    deEs gibt eine neue Coronavirusvariante. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Oleg developed forty variants of the experiment.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Ga-ga is a variant of dodgeball.

    rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Paul created a deadlier variant of the virus.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
something slightly different:
Русский
By meaning 1
something slightly different:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
something slightly different:

Origin

From Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to c

From Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”). First attested in c. 1380.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: variants
Singularvariant
Pluralvariants

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

35 related words
RelatedvariationB2varyB1alternateB2alternativeB1variance
Derivedbiovariantbivariantcopy-number variantdelta variantepivariantequivariantgenovariantglycovariantheterovariantimmunovariantinvariantisovariantmetavariantmicrovariantmonovariantmultivariantneurovariantnonvariantpathovariantpharmacovariantpolyvariantscariantserovariantsplice variant

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
variabilityvariablevariancevariationB2variegatevariegation

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