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Definition: Various |
VariousAdjective1. Of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior". 2. Considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed". 3. Distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "diverse parts of the country"; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth". 4. Having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "various" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Various \Va"ri*ous\, adjective. [Latin expression varius. Compare to Vair.]. (references) |
Synonyms: VariousSynonyms: assorted (adj), diverse (adj), respective(a) (adj), several(a) (adj), various(a) (adj), versatile (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Difference | Adjective: differing; Verb: different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot; distinguishable, dissimilar; varied, modified; diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of; variform; daedal. |
Multiformity | Adjective: polymorphous, multiform, multifold, multifarious, multigenerous, multiplex; heterogeneous, diversified, dissimilar, various, varied, variform; manifold, many-sided; variegated, motley, mosaic; epicene, indiscriminate, desultory, irregular; mixed, different, assorted, mingled, odd, diverse, divers; all manner of; of every description, of all sorts and kinds; et hoc genus omne; and what not? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis. |
Multitude | Adjective: many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few; Briarean; a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one; some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty; half a dozen, half a hundred; very many, full many, ever so many; numerous; numerose; profuse, in profusion; manifold, multiplied, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded; galore. |
Nonuniformity | Adjective: diversified varied, irregular, uneven, rough; multifarious; multiform; of various kinds; all manner of, all sorts of, all kinds of. |
Place | Adverb: somewhere, in some place, wherever it may be, here and there, in various places, passim. |
Prediction | The following terms, expressive of different forms of divination, have been collected from various sources,The following terms, expressive of different forms of divination, have been collected from various sources, and are here given as a curious illustration of bygone superstitions:- |
The Present Time | When; whenever, whensoever; upon which, on which occasion; at another, at a different, at some other, at any- time; at various times; some one of these days, one of these days, one fine morning; eventually, some day, by and by, sooner or later; some time or other; once upon a time. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Various |
| Specialty definitions using "various": article comprising various precious metals. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "various": Variorum. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Beyond the fact that you are a brilliant Jewish physician who was born in Hungary and studied for a while in Paris, and that certain radical theories of yours have alienated the respectable medical community so that you have severed your connections with various hospitals and branches of the medical fraternity, beyond this I can deduce little (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution; writing credit: Arthur Conan Doyle; Nicholas Meyer) Has anyone ever told you that you overplay your various roles rather severely, Mr. Kaplan (North by Northwest; writing credit: Ernest Lehman) | |
Lyrics | He rarely spoke, often choosing to communicate with various grunt and gurgles (Mephisto and Kevin; performing artist: Primus) | |
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Song Titles | CHICKEN DANCE (performing artist: VARIOUS ARTISTS) Deck The Halls (performing artist: Various Christmas) | |
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Various members of a family can be seen in a garden setting picking beans. In the background a farm house and the mountains can be seen. It is a summer day. These people are members of a large Mormon family who are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | There are 3 different colored baskets in a tight frame containing various fruits and vegetables. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
Cone-shaped cores are sectioned in various orientations. Viral genomic RNA is located in the electron-dense wide end of core. Credit: CDC. | Using laser light, CDC laboratory scientists sometimes work with a confocal microscope when diagnosing various pathogens. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | Various Rocket Installations at Rocket Laboratory. Credit: NASA. | The Hubble Space Telescope continues to reveal various stunning and intricate treasures that ... Credit: NASA. | |
![]() | Various terrain types seen on Ganymede. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | On the border between Chile and the Catamarca province of Argentina lies a vast field of currently dormant volcanoes. Over time, these volcanoes have laid down a crust of magma roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) thick. It is tinged with a patina of various colors that can indicate both the age and mineral content of the original lava flows. Credit: NASA. |
![]() | Sketches with maps of various geodetic control points From captured German geodetic control book for St. Nazaire. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Raydist strip chart record used to keep track of individual navigation rates These strip charts required continuous monitoring by a watch-stander Used to assure navigational accuracy during hydrographic surveying operations First tests of Raydist on SOSBEE in 1954 Used for over 40 years with various systems. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Saxophone close-ups 4" by Miriam Lewis Commentary: "Various close ups of saxophones that were taken as a study of the musical instrument." | "Iris patch" by Larry Huggins Commentary: "Patch of iris flowers in various colors. Picture shot mid morning." |
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| Solo mandolin excerpt demonstrating various picking techniques. | Driving rhythms from percussion and various synthesized flutes. | ||
| Fast xylophone line with piano melody and various descending glissandi. | Major key area excerpt incorporating various synthesized marimba and flutes. | ||
| Lots of various digital spacy tones interacting rhythmically. | Various airy synthesizer sounds creating a major tonal area. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
John Milton | Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. |
Karl Marx | The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The proletariat goes through various stages of development. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Swiss Government, in their note of May 5 on this subject, have expressed various views and reservations. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | In these States control is enforced upon the common people by various kinds of all-embracing police governments. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Roe v. Wade | 1973 | Though the State cannot override that right, it has legitimate interests in protecting both the pregnant woman's health and the potentiality of human life, each of which interests grows and reaches a "compelling" point at various stages of the woman's approach to term. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | As regarded its origin, there were various explanations, all of which must necessarily have been conjectural |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Had any one seen him while he was doing these various acts with such serious meditation, he would not have suspected what was passing within him. |
Absalom and Achitophel | John Dryden | A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | In that dim life which he had lived through in his musings he had assumed the voices and gestures which he had noted with various priests |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I loved to sound him on the various reforms of the day, and he never failed to look at them in the most simple and practical light |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Shapes of various stones. (references) | |
Changes in various body systems. (references) | ||
CF can cause various other medical problems. (references) | ||
Business | Dyestuff is distinguished by various forms. (references) | |
These were several different contracts of various sizes. (references) | ||
Economists have long proposed various consumption functions. (references) | ||
Children | France | Various associations also help minors seek justice in cases of mistreatment by parents. (references) |
Jamaica | Several government agencies and NGO's provide services and employment to various groups of persons with disabilities. (references) | |
South Africa | Virginity testing on young girls and traditional male circumcision still are prevalent in various parts of the country. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | France | Regular demonstrations on various issues occur without incident. (references) |
India | The journalist later was admitted to the hospital with various injuries. (references) | |
Vanuatu | Missionaries of various Christian denominations work without restriction. (references) | |
Discrimination | Belgium | With Dutch, French, and German as official languages, the country has a complex linguistic regime, including language requirements for various elective and appointive positions. (references) |
Romania | The Constitution forbids discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnic origin, language, religion, sex, opinion and political allegiance, wealth, or social background; however, in practice the Government does not enforce these provisions effectively, and women, Roma, and other minorities are subject to various forms of discrimination. (references) | |
Economic History | Belgium | Various limitations apply, however. (references) |
Human Rights | India | Similar bills have been proposed in various state assemblies. (references) |
Russia | Head lice, scabies, and various skin diseases were prevalent. (references) | |
Georgia | The MOI maintains several of its own cells in various prisons. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Honduras | Some 450,000 persons, constituting 11 percent of the general population, are members of various indigenous groups. (references) |
Bangladesh | Confusion continues over the overlapping responsibilities of the various central and local government bodies involved in the Hill Tracts. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Larma stated that the various indigenous groups have been pressing for their rights separately, but the mission of this new organization, the Adibashi Adhikar Forum (Indigenous Peoples' Rights Forum), will be to press for those rights collectively. (references) | |
Minorities | Albania | No recent official statistics exist regarding the size of the various ethnic communities. (references) |
Peru | The law prohibits various forms of discrimination by retail establishments against prospective customers. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Police detained various persons for questioning, but as of year's end, no progress had been made on the case. (references) | |
Political Economy | Ghana | Several security organizations report to various government departments. (references) |
Honduras | Individual members of the news media suffered various forms of harassment. (references) | |
Philippines | A large, well funded Communist insurgency operates in various regions of the country. (references) | |
Political Rights | Iran | Vigorous parliamentary debates take place regarding various issues. (references) |
Kuwait | In October various Assembly members proposed formal questioning of four Ministers. (references) | |
Russia | Competitive elections for various regional and local offices were held throughout the year. (references) | |
Trade | Spain | Other agencies fill various market niches. (references) |
Australia | Other organizations fill various market niches. (references) | |
Nepal | Nepal has established its own standards for various food products. (references) | |
Travel | Chad | Deductions are allowed for dependants and various items. (references) |
Tanzania | Furthermore, boat transportation is provided on various lakes. (references) | |
Barbados | Various secretarial service firms will also send facsimile messages for a fee. (references) | |
Women | Ghana | Various organizations provide food, medical care, and other forms of support to the residents of the camp. (references) |
Bahamas | The court can and does impose various legal constraints to protect women from abusive spouses or companions. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | The Secretariat of Women, as well as various NGO's, have outreach programs on domestic violence and legal rights. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Burma | Various subsidies and allowances supplement this sum. (references) |
Dominica | Unions may affiliate with various international labor bodies. (references) | |
Guatemala | Various union leaders and rank and file members were pushed and beaten. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails, They all were good, for all were males. But when the Devil came and saw He said: "By Thine eternal law Of growth, maturity, decay, These all must quickly pass away And leave untenanted the earth Unless Thou dost establish birth" -- Then tucked his head beneath his wing To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing With deviltry did so accord, That he'd suggested to the Lord. The Master pondered this advice, Then shook and threw the fateful dice Wherewith all matters here below Are ordered, and observed the throw; Then bent His head in awful state, Confirming the decree of Fate. From every part of earth anew The conscious dust consenting flew, While rivers from their courses rolled To make it plastic for the mould. Enough collected (but no more, For niggard Nature hoards her store) He kneaded it to flexible clay, While Nick unseen threw some away. And then the various forms He cast, Gross organs first and finer last; No one at once evolved, but all By even touches grew and small Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade, To match all living things He'd made Females, complete in all their parts Except (His clay gave out) the hearts. "No matter," Satan cried; "with speed I'll fetch the very hearts they need" -- So flew away and soon brought back The number needed, in a sack. That night earth range with sounds of strife -- Ten million males each had a wife; That night sweet Peace her pinions spread O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead! G.J. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | Well, they're given money as I go along for various things. I get a call for something they're starting out, or I give money to education for universities. |
James Van Praagh | Oh, I think we've been here many, many times. I think we come back and learn lessons. I think this is our school room. We come back and learn various things. |
John McCain | You know, that's always interesting in the media and it's fun to speculate on that, you know, there's this differences of opinion and various different leaks and allegiances and who has the ear of the president and all that. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Various causes have hitherto prevented any determinations, but the business is now resumed, and doubtless will be prosecuted without interruption. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Under the various circumstances which give peculiar solemnity to the existing period, I feel that both the honor and the responsibility allotted to me are inexpressibly enhanced. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Treaties of commerce and of boundaries with the United Mexican States have been negotiated, but, from various successive obstacles, not yet brought to a final conclusion. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | I recommend to your consideration the various subjects suggested in the report of the Secretary of War. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | To enter on this occasion into a further or more minute exposition of my views on the various questions of domestic policy would be as obtrusive as it is probably unexpected. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Undoubtedly the clarification of the principles of international law would be helpful, and the efforts of scholars to prepare such a work for adoption by the various nations should have our sympathy and support. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | In formulating policies, as in preparing budgetary estimates, the Nation and the Congress have the right to expect the President to adjust and coordinate the views of the various departments and agencies to form a unified program. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | By holding periodic meetings of its various working groups, we have been able to prevent mutual concerns from becoming political issues. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Steps will be taken aimed at restoring the balance between the various levels of government. |
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| "Various" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.99% of the time. "Various" is used about 15,487 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.99% | 15,486 | 602 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15,487 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "various": amaurotic cat's eye blindness of one eye due to various intraocular conditions in which a bright reflection is observed at the pupil as it would appear from the tapetum lucidum of a cat ♦ article comprising various precious metals ♦ for various reasons ♦ have been collected from various sources ♦ in various places ♦ various opinions ♦ various persons ♦ various reports ♦ various things. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "various": various-leaved, various-shaped, various-sized. | |
Ending with "various": england-various. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "various"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i shumëanshëm (manifold, many-sided, miscellaneous, multilateral), i ndryshueshëm (alterable, changeable, changeful, fickle, flexible, inconstant, labile, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, protean, shifting, transitional, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, varying, vertiginous), i ndryshëm (alias, another, assorted, different, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, new, other, otherwise, sundry, unlike, variant), gjithfarë (all kinds of, all sorts, all sorts of, diverse, miscellaneous, of all sorts), disa (any, certain, couple, divers, several, some, sundry, umpteen). (various references) | |
Arabic | كثير الألوان (multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured), متنوع (assorted, different, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, multifarious, omnifarious, several, sundry, variant, varied), متعدد المظاهر, متعدد (diverse, diversified, manifold, multiple, numerous, sundry, varied), متباين (dissimilar), مختلف (contradictory, contrastive, different, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, diversified, several, sundry, unlike, variant), شتى (diverse, winter). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | редица (file, line, line up, parade, range, rank, round, row, run, sequence, variety), разностранен (many-sided, scalene, variegated), разнообразен (chequered, daedal, diverse, diversified, manifold, medley, multifarious, omnifarious, piebald, varicolored, varicoloured, varied, variegated), разни (miscellaneous, sundry), различни (divers), няколко (several, some, sundry, umpteen), многостранен (all around, many-sided, multilateral, versatile). (various references) | |
Chinese | 諸 (all, many), 雜 (female, miscellaneous, mixed, to mix), 各种各样 (Varied), 各式各樣 (all kinds and sorts), 各個 (each, separately one-by-one). (various references) | |
Czech | rozmanitý (diverse, diverting, miscellaneous, multifarious, sundry), rùzný (different, diverse, miscellaneous, several, sundry, variant, varied), promìnlivý (changeable, changing, fluctuating, mobile, mutable, uncertain, variable), mnohostranný (many-sided, multilateral, varied, versatile). (various references) | |
Danish | vaerdier for de forskellige koefficienter og parametre, som skal anvendes for de vigtigste radionuklider, afhaenger af kontaminationsarten og de forskellige oekologiske faktorer, der spiller ind i overfoerings/transport processen (depending on the type of contamination and the different factors which come into play in relation to the transfer process, values of the various coefficients and parameters to be applied in respect of the principal radionuclides), de forskellige varers bearbejdningsgrad (degree of processing undergone by the various goods), afgifterne paalignes én gang om aaret de forskellige produkter (the levies shall be assessed annually on the various products), farvet (term applied to white wine which has becomme reddish or dark in colour from various causes), et stadig stoerre kendskab til og forstaaelse af de forskellige sider af livet i de andre deltagende stater (an ever wider knowledge and understanding of the various aspects of life in other participating States), en udmaerket metode til at analysere formationen under overfladen er at studere de forskellige forhaandenvaerende log-optegnelser:boreformandens log,boreskaervelog,borevaeskelog,den elektriske log,radioaktivitetslog,mikrolog,laterolog,induktionslog,microl (and drilling-time log, cuttings log, electrical log, induction log, later(o)log, microlater(o)log, microlog, mud log, one valuable method of analyzing the subsurface formation is by examination of the various logging records which are available:driller's log, radioactivity log), en sikkerhedsforordning fastsætter de forskellige hemmeligholdesesregler,der kan bringes i anvendelse,og de sikkerhedsforanstaltninger,der skal træffes for hver af dem (security regulations which lay down the various security gradings to be applied and the security measures appropriate to each grading), en karbidpartikel,der til at begynde med er forholdsvis tyk,deler sig ved den videre vaekst i smalle eller bredere baand,saa at lange,traelignende former opstaar (divides into both broad narrow ribbons of various breadth during its growth, so that long units of a tree-like appearance are developed, which is relatively thick initially), de forskellige varers forarbejdningsgrad (degree of processing undergone by the various goods), forskellige bonusordninger (various bonuses), de forskellige former for toldoplag (the various types of warehouses), de forskellige elementer som indgaar i sammensaetningen af en uperforeret forlaengerforingsstamme er foelgende:samlemuffe,pakningsenhed,ophaeng,roer,sko-ventiler,centreringsgrej (and the centralizers, the hanger, the packer, the shoes fitted with plugs, the tubulars, the various components of a liner are the tie back sleeve), de enkelte perlitkolonier udviser en parallelstribning,hvis retning aendres fra koloni til koloni (each individual pearlite colony shows a parallel banding, having a different orientation in the various colonies), bestraaling med forskellige intensiteter (irradiation at various fluences), befrugtning af et humant æg med animalsk sæd (hybrid embryo with various genomes), at stimulere foroegelse af valgmulighederne med hensyn til de sprog der undervises i paa forskelligt niveau (to stimulate the diversification of choice of languages taught at various levels), at reducere skævhederne mellem de forskellige regioner (reduction of disparities between the various regions), deltagelse paa de forskellige trin i beslutningsprocessen (participation at the various levels of the decision-making process), maetningskurve for forskellige intensiteter (saturation curve for various intensities), tts (additional duty on various kinds of sugar, expressed in sucrose), Tillaegstold for sukker (additional duty on various kinds of sugar, expressed in sucrose), tilfoersel (alimentation, etc.), input, other forms of precipitation, sublimation, supply, various processes which operate to increase the mass of a glacier or of a snow-field (deposition of snow), paa nogle institutter undersoeges specielt transportprocesser og overfladereaktioner ved behandling af overfladevand (various institutes are specially investigating the transport processes and contact surfacereactions in the treatment of surface water), paa land er hvert foringsroer udstyret med en ophaengsspole,til havs sammenfoejes de forskellige ophaeng allesammen i et boretopstykke,som normalt er fastskruet til aabningsforingsroeret (offshore the various hangers are all assembled in the same wellhead body, whereas on shore each casing string has a hanger spool, which is normally installed on the surface casing(following the conductor pipe)), overførsler af generel karakter med flere eller ubestemte formål (transfers of a general character intended for various or indeterminate purposes), nødvendigt procesfællesskab (procedural requirement that the various defendants be joined), flussyre (derivation:dissolving hydrogen fluoride in water to various concentrations, fluorhydric acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen fluoride in aqueous solution), mellem disse to ydertilfaelde kan kornene have mere eller mindre foretrukken orientering,man betegner dette som foretrukken orientering eller enklere som tekstur (between these two extremes the grains may show various degrees of preferred orientation, or more simply texture, to which is given the term crystallographic orientation texture), forskelligbladet svingel (various-leaved fescue), koksblandingen bestaar af forskellige finkornede kokskulsorter (the charge to be coked is made up of various coal fines), hydrostatiske kurver (hydrostatic curves, The variations of ship hydrostatic data with draught are shown by a set of curves.Extremely useful in the assessment of end draughts and the stability of a ship in various conditions of loading.The calculations for such curves are now normally made by a c), grej til at udfoere afboejede boringer med er foelgende:afboejerskinne grej med knae paa,turbine med forlaenger med knaek paa,turbine med retningsskinne og borekrone med stort sproejtehul/straalehul (and the big eye bit, the knuckle joint, the turbine with bent sub, the turbine with deflecting shoe, the various deflecting(or deflection)tools are the whipstock), genstand af ædle multimetaller (article comprising various precious metals), forskellige slusetyper (various types of locks), forskellige kornstoerrelser kan opnaas, afhaengigt af graden af overhedning og af afkoelingshastigheden (depending on the amount of superheating and on the cooling rate, various grain sizes may be obtained), modelforsoeg goer det muligt at undersoege partiklernes opfoersel ved ophvirvling, deres udskillelse og den maade de blander sig i luftstroemmen ved forskellige lufthastigheder (model tests provide a basic research tool for subjects such as whirling-up, segregation and admixture of dust to the ventilation air at various velocities). 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Dutch | verschillend (different, diverse, varied), menigvuldig (diverse, varied), menigvoudig (diverse, varied). (various references) | |
Esperanto | diversa (diverse, varied). (various references) | |
Faeroese | ymissur (diverse, varied), ymiskur (different, diverse, varied). (various references) | |
Farsi | مختلف (Disparate, Dissimilar, Diverse, Off, Several, Variant), چندین (Lot, Many, Multiple, Several), چندتا (Manifold, Some), گوناگون (Diverse, Miscellaneous, Multifarious, Multiple, Pied, Protean, Sundries, Variant, Varied), جورواجو. (various references) | |
Finnish | useat (a great many, a number, many, several), sekalainen (miscellaneous, mixed), moninainen (diversified, manifold, varied), erilainen (different, dissimilar, diverse, varied). (various references) | |
French | divers (variant, varicolored, varicoloured, varied). (various references) | |
German | verschiedene (deserve, miscellaneous, several, sundry, umpteen), verschiedenartig (different, diverse, heterogeneous, miscellaneous, varied, variously), verschieden (different, differential, differently, differing, dissimilar, distinct, distinctly, diverse, diversely, miscellaneous, miscellaneously, separate, uncommon, unlike, variant, varied, variedly, varying), divers (diverse, miscellaneous, varied). (various references) | |
Greek | πάντοσ είδουσ, ποικίλοσ (diverse, miscellaneous, motley, varicolored, varicoloured, varied), διάφορα, διάφοροσ (divers, diverse, miscellaneous, variant, varied), διάφορος (assorted). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שונים (miscellaneous, sundries, sundry, varied), אחדים (a few, couple, several, some). (various references) | |
Hungarian | különféle (divers, miscellaneous, multifarious, multiform, several, sundry). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bermacam-macam (diverse, multi-farious), berbagai-bagai, berbagai (all sorts of), aneka (all sort of, diserve). (various references) | |
Italian | differente (another, different, distinctly, diversely). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 区区 (conflicting, different, divergent, diverse, several, trivial), 変わった (another, different, novel, particular, peculiar, unusual), 多種 (many kinds), 取り取り , 様々 (varied), 様様 (agreeable condition, varied), 各般 (all, every), 区々たる (conflicting, divergent, several), 色色 , 区区たる (conflicting, divergent, several), 諸 (many, several), 諸々 (all kinds of), 諸諸 (all kinds of), 色んな , 色々 , 区々 (conflicting, different, divergent, diverse, several, trivial). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たしゅ (many kinds), くくたる (conflicting, divergent, several), しょ (many, several), くく (conflicting, different, divergent, diverse, every clause, multiplication table, several, trivial), まちまち (conflicting, different, divergent, diverse, several, trivial), さまざま (varied), かくはん (agitate, agitation, all, beat, each clan, every, stir, stirring, whip, whipping), かわった (another, different, novel, particular, peculiar, unusual), いろいろ, いろんな, もろもろ (all kinds of), とりどり. (various references) | |
Korean | 각종. (various references) | |
Manx | ymmodee-filley (manifold, multiple), eigsoylagh (varied), arree (Spring, vernal). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ariousvay.(various references) | |
Polish | rozmaity (diverse, varied), różny (different, diverse, varied). (various references) | |
Portuguese | vário (diverse, varied), diverso (another, different, diverse, else, farraginous, medley, miscellaneous, other, otherwise, unlike, varied, variegated). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | vários (several). (various references) | |
Romanian | variat (assorted, different, manifold, multifarious, multitudinous, sundry, varied), felurit (different, diverse, manifold, multifarious, multiple, multitudinous, sundry, variant, varied), divers (different, diverse, medley, motley, multifarious, multitudinous, several, sundry, varied), diferit (alien, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, divers, diverse, manifold, medley, otherwise, several, sundry, unlike, varied), amestecat (amalgamate, combined, divers, involved, medley, miscellaneous, mixed, mobbish, motley, promiscuous, scratchy, so so, sundry, varied). (various references) | |
Russian | различный (different, separate, several, sundry, variant, varied). (various references) | |
Scottish | maor (an officer of justice or of estates, subordinate officer in various). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | raznovrstan (diversiform, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, multifarious, omnifarious), raznolik (divers, diversiform, heterogeneous, multifarious, multiform, varied), različit (different, disparate, dissimilar, divers, several, unalike). (various references) | |
Spanish | diferente (contrary, different, differentially, differing, discriminative, distinct, distinctive, distinctly, diversely, varied). (various references) | |
Swedish | olika (different, differently, dissimilar, diverse, several, unequal, uneven, variant), diverse (divers, miscellaneous, miscellany, sundries, sundry). (various references) | |
Turkish | türlü (hodgpodge, hotchpotch, mixed vegetables, olio, Olla, sundry, varied, variegated), birçok (a good few, a lot, manifold, multiple), çeşitli (assorted, different, differently, divers, diverse, diversified, manifold, medley, miscellaneous, multifarious, sundry, varied), çeşit çeşit (assorted, motley, multifarious). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gatyюyk, dьrli-dьrli (different). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | різнобічний (all around, catholic, flexile, miscellaneous), різний (different, divers, diverse, odd, several, sundry, variant, varied), пістрявий (flash). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | khác nhau; nhiều thứ khác nhau. (various references) | |
Welsh | amryw (several, sundry), amryfodd, amryfal (manifold, sundry), amlblyg. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | didli. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Festuca heterophylla Lam., multiplex, varia, variae, varias, varii, variis, vario, varios, varium, varius. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | manigfeald, mislic, missenlic. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "various": variously, variousness, variousnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Various" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arious, Avgikos, dariyoun, parious, vacious, valious, Varanus, varcious, varience, varios, variouse, varius, Vartosk, Varus, verious, vilious, virions, virius, virous, viruous. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "various" (pronounced ve"rēus) |
| 5 | -e" r ē u s | gregarious, hilarious, nefarious, precarious, vicarious. |
| 4 | -r ē u s | curious, deleterious, delirious, denarius, furious, glorious, illustrious, imperious, industrious, inglorious, injurious, laborious, lugubrious, meritorious, mysterious, notorious, pancreas, penurious, Sartorius, serious, spurious, victorious, vitreous. |
| 3 | -ē u s | acrimonious, alias, amphibious, aqueous, bilious, coleus, commodious, contemporaneous, copious, courteous, devious, dubious, envious, erroneous, extraneous, fastidious, felonious, gaseous, harmonious, hideous, homogeneous, igneous, ignominious, impervious, insidious, instantaneous, invidious, lascivious, luxurious, melodious, miscellaneous, nucleus, oblivious, obsequious, obvious, odious, percutaneous, previous, punctilious, radius, sanctimonious, simultaneous, spontaneous, studious, supercilious, tedious, unceremonious. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: saviour. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-o-r-s-u-v" | |
-1 letter: savior, savour, souari. | |
-2 letters: arvos, auris, aviso, savor, vairs, varus, virus, visor. | |
-3 letters: airs, arvo, avos, oars, osar, ours, rias, sari, soar, sora, sori, sour, sura, ursa, vair, vars, vaus, visa. | |
-4 letters: air, ais, ars, avo, oar, ora, ors, our, ova, ras, ria, sau, sir, sou, sri, var, vas, vau, via, vis. | |
-5 letters: ai, ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-o-r-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: haviours, paviours, saviours, virtuosa. | |
+2 letters: arbovirus, outrivals, oviparous, rivalrous, rotavirus, savourier, savouries, savouring, vagarious, variorums, variously, veracious, vicarious, virtuosas, voracious. | |
+3 letters: adenovirus, avaricious, behaviours, chivalrous, curvacious, parvovirus, savouriest, uvarovites, viraginous, viviparous. | |
+4 letters: arboviruses, avoirdupois, carnivorous, cultivators, granivorous, intravenous, outsavoring, overanxious, oversaucing, papovavirus, rhabdovirus, rotaviruses, sporulative, vagariously, variousness, veraciously, vicariously, voluntaries, voluntarism, voluntarist, voraciously. | |
+5 letters: adenoviruses, avariciously, chivalrously, countervails, equivocators, incurvations, nonuniversal, oncornavirus, overcautions, overcautious, overfatigues, overissuance, oversanguine, parvoviruses, picornavirus, revaluations, ultraviolets, unchivalrous, vainglorious, vituperators, viviparously, vocabularies, voluntarisms, voluntarists, voluntaryism, voluntaryist, voluptuaries. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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