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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



... with Uzbekistan, one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world; variety of microclimatic ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... had been given to it than it came to see. Four dead men had been promised to it; four heads were to be cut off; but here was variety in death, unexpected, picturesque. It was natural, therefore, that the crowd should keep silence when ...
— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas, pere
... shadowed interior, which was furnished like a drawing-room with soft carpets and tapestried chairs, she beheld dozens of gold hand-sacks glinting like secret treasure in a cave; and she was embarrassed by the number and variety of them. A well-dressed and affable lady and gentleman, with a quite remarkable similarity of prominent noses, welcomed her in general terms, and seemed surprised, and even a little pained, when she talked about buying and selling. She came out of the ...
— The Lion's Share • E. Arnold Bennett
... and I suppose followed by fresh krenoj and krenoj salad. Tomorrow I see about getting a little variety into ...
— The Ethical Engineer • Henry Maxwell Dempsey
... of ENGLAND; a series of Engravings upon Wood, from every variety of these interesting and valuable Memorials, ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 30. Saturday, May 25, 1850 • Various


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