Meaning

11 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A deviation or difference.

    a difference that is usually pleasant

  2. (countable, uncountable)A specific variation of something.

  3. A specific variation of something.

    (broadly, countable, uncountable)An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.

    (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics

  4. An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar.

    (broadly, countable, uncountable)A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.

    Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum is a variety of Capsicum annuum commonly known as chiltepin or Indian pepper.

    Varietät

    разнови́дностьraznovídnostʹ, видvid

  5. A specific variation of something.

    (countable, uncountable)A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level.

    Near-synonym: dialect (sometimes synonymous)

    Varietät, Sprachform, Sprachvarietät

    идиом, форма языка, форма существования языкаforma suščestvovanija jazyka

    форма існування мовиforma isnuvannja movy, форма мови, різновид мовиriznovyd movy

  6. (countable, uncountable)A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A collection or number of different things.

    a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

  8. A collection or number of different things.

    (countable, uncountable)In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.

  9. (countable, uncountable)The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.

  10. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being varied; diversity.

    Variety is the spice of life.

    разнообра́зиеraznoobrázije

  11. (countable, uncountable)The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.

Examples

235 sentences
  1. We all need variety in our diet.

    Всі ми потребуємо різноманітності у харчуванні.

    ruНам всем нужно разнообразие в питании.

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  2. We sell a variety of brands.

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  3. We sell a variety of products.

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  4. We talked about a variety of topics.

    ruМы говорили на самые разные темы.

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  5. The company deals in a variety of products.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
specific variation of something:
specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level — see also isolect, lect:
Русский
By meaning 3
specific variation of something:
specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level — see also isolect, lect:
quality of being varied — see also diversity:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
specific variation of something:
rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form:
specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level — see also isolect, lect:
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