Varied

Definition: Varied

Varied

Adjective

1. Characterized by variety; "immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and varied".

2. Widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants".

3. Broken away from sameness or or identity or duplication; "her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "varied" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonym: Varied

Beauty

Artistic, artistical; aesthetic; picturesque, pictorial; fait a peindre; well-composed, well grouped, well varied; curious.

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

Noun: multiformity, omniformity; variety, diversity; multifariousness; Adjective: varied assortment.

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.

Nonuniformity

Adjective: diversified varied, irregular, uneven, rough; multifarious; multiform; of various kinds; all manner of, all sorts of, all kinds of.

Variation

Adjective: varied; Verb: modified; diversified; a.

Crosswords: Varied

Here's where he varied from the program (The Man with One Red Shoe; writing credit: Francis Veber; Yves Robert)

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Books

• From the Rainbow's Varied Hue: Textiles of the Southern Philippines (Textile Series, 1) (reference)

• Middle Eastern: Aromatic Dishes from a Varied Cuisine (reference)

• Silhouettes: A Pictorial Archive of Varied Illustrations (reference)

• Teach English As a Foreign Language: All You Need to Know to Enjoy a Varied and Adventurous Career (reference)

• The Craftsperson Speaks: Artists in Varied Media Discuss Their Crafts (Contributions to the Study of Art and Architecture) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Varied Air: Charles Ives - The Piano Music (reference)

• Inspirations of a Varied Kind (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Pictured is an ear of corn, the kernels are varied in color. Researchers suggest that retroviruses have additional stretches of DNA that act as switches, turning on genes when inserted next to them in the cell's chromosomes. Similar activation of genes causes the variation in pigmentation of these corn kernels. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

The unexpectedly varied surface of a wayward piece of space debris has given astronomers new ... Credit: NASA.

Figure 37. Bucknill-Casella manometric sounder, invented by Lieutenant John T. Bucknill of the Royal Engineers of the Royal Navy in 1870 to mitigate problems with existing sounding systems. This sounder was based on Bourdon's tube, whose curvature varied as a function of the pressure difference between the interior and the fluid in which it was immersed. Louis P. Casella made the final product. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A bird biologist is banding a Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius). Credit: Tim Haller.

In his time he has worn varied disguises. Credit: Library of Congress.

One of Miami's streets showing varied small shops, signs, and tourist bureaus. Miami Beach, Florida. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

First, They are to govern by promulgated established laws, not to be varied in particular cases, but to have one rule for rich and poor, for the favourite at court, and the country man at plough. (Second Treatise of Government)

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Her ideas only varied as to the how much

The elements that go to make up respectability among the (r)gamins are very varied.

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Health

In adults, the effectiveness of BCG has varied widely in large-scale studies. (references)

Within this clinical context, the symptoms of depression are many and varied. (references)

The NINDS supports broad and varied programs of research on epilepsy and developmental disorders. (references)

Business

Prices are not substantially varied. (references)

Retail prices for imported beer have traditionally varied widely. (references)

The purchasing practices of telecommunications equipment are varied. (references)

Children

Brazil

However, the availability of such programs varied greatly by region. (references)

Afghanistan

The Taliban's implementation of educational policy was inconsistent and varied from region to region, as well as over time. (references)

Namibia

The inability of poorer families to pay the fees, which varied greatly between regions, precluded some children from attending school. (references)

Civil Liberties

India

The situation in the east varied. (references)

India

The eastern part of the country presented a varied picture with regard to religious freedom during the year. (references)

Chile

Members reflect various political viewpoints, and the board encourages the expression of varied opinions over the network. (references)

Discrimination

Afghanistan

Its severity varied from area to area, depending on the local leadership's attitude toward education for girls and employment for women and on local attitudes. (references)

Economic History

Fiji

Terrain: Mountainous or varied. (references)

Australia

Terrain: Varied, but generally low-lying. (references)

Human Rights

Lebanon

Sentences varied from between 5 to 45 days. (references)

Afghanistan

Judicial and police procedures varied from locality to locality. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

The occupation of these areas varied in length from a few hours to more than 6 weeks. (references)

Political Economy

China

Relations varied greatly, with parishioners worshipping together in some districts and deep rifts in the Catholic community in other areas. (references)

Iraq

The religious mix likewise is varied and consists of Shi'a and Sunni Muslims (both Arab and Kurdish), Christians (including Chaldeans and Assyrians), and a small number of Jews and Mandaeans. (references)

Gabon

Elections for the Presidency and the National Assembly generally have not been free and fair but have varied widely in quality; some suffered chiefly from poor organization, while others were fraudulent. (references)

Political Rights

Haiti

Violence again escalated prior to the November 2000 presidential elections, which took place amidst heavy police security and were characterized by low turnout--credible accounts varied from 5 percent to 20 percent. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Before the adoption of the new Electoral Code, the number of registered voters in districts of the National Assembly, each of which elects one representative, varied by as much as a factor of 10; these inequalities systematically favored the ruling party. (references)

Trade

Uae

From power to desalination complexes, through petrochemicals plants and gas development and transportation projects, the role of the private sector in large scale projects is becoming more varied and important. (references)

Travel

Jamaica

Jamaican cuisine is varied. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Abidjan's restaurants are many and varied. (references)

Slovak Rep

The food is varied and of good quality, mixing Slovak, Austrian and Hungarian styles. (references)

Women

Congo

There were a number of NGO's that work on women's problems; however, their effectiveness varied widely. (references)

Iran

While the enforcement of a conservative Islamic dress codes has varied with the political climate since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, what women wear in public is not entirely a matter of personal choice. (references)

Worker Rights

Guatemala

The fines varied depending on the income level of the individual convicted. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "varied": control by means of a split coupling between the motor and the fan.The speed of the fan is varied by altering the slip between the two coupling halves either magnetically or hydraulically ♦ gradually varied flow ♦ rapidly varied flow ♦ varied assortment ♦ varied lorikeet ♦ well varied. Additional references.

Beginning with "varied": varied-strophe.

Ending with "varied": richly-varied, time-varied, vowel-varied.

Albanian

i ndryshuar (distorted), i larmishëm (diversified, rich, variant, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مغير (alterant, changed, modifier), ‏متنوع (assorted, different, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, multifarious, omnifarious, several, sundry, variant, various), ‏متعدد (diverse, diversified, manifold, multiple, numerous, sundry, various). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разнообразен (chequered, daedal, diverse, diversified, manifold, medley, multifarious, omnifarious, piebald, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated, various), различен (another, different, discrepant, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, diversified, other, otherwise, removed, several, variant), променлив (baffling, changeable, choppy, erratic, fitful, fluctuating, fluent, inconsistent, inconstant, liquid, mobile, protean, shifting, undecided, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant, versatile, volatile). (various references)

Chinese 

參 (attend, ginseng, irregular, join, not uniform, participate, take part in, to counsel, to join, unequal, uneven), 各种各样 (Various). (various references)

Czech

rùznorodý (heterogeneous, patchy), rùzný (different, diverse, miscellaneous, several, sundry, variant, various), pestrý (bright, brightly colored, brightly coloured, chequered, colorful, colourful, fanciful, gaily coloured, gaudy, gay, motley, multifarious, pied, variegated), mnohostranný (many-sided, multilateral, various, versatile). (various references)

Danish

uensartet strømning (non-uniform flow, varied flow), slipkobling (control by means of a split coupling between the motor and the fan.The speed of the fan is varied by altering the slip between the two coupling halves either magnetically or hydraulically), roerstroemmen, svarende til en hoejspaending, der ved hjaelp af et potentiometer er indstillet paa sin maksimale vaerdi, varieres som funktion af minimal og maksimal lysstyrke og kontrast (the tube current at a high voltage set at maximum value by means of a potentiometer is to be varied as a function of minimum and maximum brightness and contrast), med de samme komponenter kan forskellige funktioner udtrykkes : identitet, negation, OG-funktionen, ELLER-funktionen, implikation og lagring af data ved feed back mellem output og input (AND-function, if we back-couple the output to the input, implication and an information store, negation, OR-function, using the same basic component, we can at will create the most varied range of logical functions: identity), hurtigt ændret strømning (rapidly varied flow), gradvist ændret strømning (gradually varied flow), den daglige tilfoersel af bly gennem alle levnedsmidler svingede hos en forsoegsperson mellem 0,1 og 0,6 mg (the daily lead intake in the total diet of an experimental subject varied between 0). (various references)

Dutch

verschillend (different, diverse, various), menigvuldig (diverse, various), menigvoudig (diverse, various). (various references)

Esperanto

diversa (diverse, various). (various references)

Faeroese

ymissur (diverse, various), ymiskur (different, diverse, various). (various references)

Farsi 

متنوع (Variety), گوناگون (Diverse, Miscellaneous, Multifarious, Multiple, Pied, Protean, Sundries, Variant, Various), رنگارنگ (Colorful, Kaleidoscopic, Medley, Motley, Multicolored, Piebald, Pied), دارای رنگهای گوناگون . (various references)

Finnish

vaihtelevainen (changeable, fickle, flighty, inconstant, variable, varying), vaihteleva (changeable, fickle, flighty, inconstant, variable, varying), moninainen (diversified, manifold, various), kirjava (heterogeneous, many-coloured, miscellaneous, multi-coloured, variegated), erilainen (different, dissimilar, diverse, various). (various references)

French

divers (variant, varicolored, varicoloured, various). (various references)

German

verschieden (different, differential, differently, differing, dissimilar, distinct, distinctly, diverse, diversely, miscellaneous, miscellaneously, separate, uncommon, unlike, variant, variedly, various, varying). (various references)

Greek 

ποικίλοσ (diverse, miscellaneous, motley, varicolored, varicoloured, various), διάφοροσ (divers, diverse, miscellaneous, variant, various). (various references)

Hebrew 

שונים (miscellaneous, sundries, sundry, various). (various references)

Hungarian

sokféle (diverse, multifarious, multitudinous, of all kinds, there are books and books, various). (various references)

Italian

vario (manifold, variant, various), variato, svariato (different, omnifarious, various), multiforme (manifold, multiform, versatile). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

数奇 (checkered, misfortune), 様様 (agreeable condition, various), 様々 (various). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すうき (checkered, important state matters, misfortune), さまざま (various). (various references)

Korean 

가지가지. (various references)

Manx

ymmodee-daahagh (variegated), ym-daahagh, eigsoylagh (various), caghlaait (altered, changed, reformed, transformed), anchasley (alien, different, dissimilar, distinct, distinctive, diverse, variant). (various references)

Pig Latin

ariedvay.(various references)

Polish

rozmaity (diverse, various), różny (different, diverse, various). (various references)

Portuguese

variado (assorted, different, diverse, farraginous, miscellaneous, multifarious, otherwise, parti-colored, parti-coloured, party-colored, party-coloured, variegated, various), diverso (another, different, diverse, else, farraginous, medley, miscellaneous, other, otherwise, unlike, variegated, various). (various references)

Romanian

variat (assorted, different, manifold, multifarious, multitudinous, sundry, various), schimbãtor (capricious, catching, changeable, chequered, choppy, fickle, inconstant, mobile, Moody, moonish, mutable, shifty, slippery, switch, unequal, unsettled, unsteady, variable, versatile, volatile), felurit (different, diverse, manifold, multifarious, multiple, multitudinous, sundry, variant, various), divers (different, diverse, medley, motley, multifarious, multitudinous, several, sundry, various), diferit (alien, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, divers, diverse, manifold, medley, otherwise, several, sundry, unlike, various), deosebit (apart, choice, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverse, especial, excellent, extra, in a class by itself, particular, peculiar, peculiarly, profoundly, remarkable, separate, singular, special, specific, strange, sundry, uncommon, unlike, unusual, variant), amestecat (amalgamate, combined, divers, involved, medley, miscellaneous, mixed, mobbish, motley, promiscuous, scratchy, so so, sundry, various). (various references)

Russian 

различный (different, separate, several, sundry, variant, various), изменяться разнообразный, дифференцированный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

raznolik (divers, diversiform, heterogeneous, multifarious, multiform, various). (various references)

Spanish

variado (assorted, diverse, mixed, rotational), diverso (deviating, different, differing, diverse, miscellaneous, various), distinto (different, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, new, separate, several), diferente (contrary, different, differentially, differing, discriminative, distinct, distinctive, distinctly, diversely, various). (various references)

Swedish

växlande (fluid, patchy, switching), brokig (brindled, chequered, dappled, gaudy, kaleidoscopic, motley, particolored, particoloured, party-colored, party-coloured, piebald, pied, scratch, variegated). (various references)

Turkish

türlü (hodgpodge, hotchpotch, mixed vegetables, olio, Olla, sundry, variegated, various), farklı (a far cry, a far cry from, another, different, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, divided, hetero-, incompatible, incongruous, otherwise, unlike, variant), değişik (calico, different, diverse, diversified, quirky, variant, variegated, way out), çeşitli (assorted, different, differently, divers, diverse, diversified, manifold, medley, miscellaneous, multifarious, sundry, various). (various references)

Ukrainian

строкатий (brindled, gay, harlequin, jazz, jazzy, pied, plural), різний (different, divers, diverse, odd, several, sundry, variant, various), мінливий (capricious, changeable, changeful, chatoyant, chequered, choppy, floating, inconsistent, interchangeable, mutable, non-permanent, skittish, stayless, uncertain, vagrant, variable, wanton, wavy, wayward). (various references)

Vietnamese 

khác nhau; thay đổi, biến đổi lắm vẻ; đầy những đổi thay. (various references)

Anthrenus verbasci, multigenus, varius. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "varied": variedly. (additional references)

Words ending with "varied": chivaried, unvaried. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Varied" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aried, avied, avirex, saried, vaired, valide, vapide, Varec, Vareyoc, variat, varice, varie, variet, variete, varzea, vatie, veria, verie, veryd, viaried, viride, vred, vrie. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aider, aired, aiver, deair, diver, drave, drive, irade, raved, redia, rived.

-2 letters: aide, arid, aver, avid, dare, dear, deva, dire, diva, dive, idea, ired, raid, rave, read, ride, rive, vair, vera, vide, vied, vier.

-3 letters: aid, air, are, ave, dev, die, ear, era, ire, rad, red, rei, rev, ria, rid, var, via, vie.

+1 letter: adviser, arrived, avodire, avoider, invader, ravined, rivaled.

+2 letters: advisers, archived, avodires, avoiders, deprival, derivate, deviator, drivable, driveway, durative, gravidae, invaders, maravedi, overlaid, overpaid, ravished, reinvade, rivalled, unvaried, variated, variedly, vibrated, vineyard, vizarded.

+3 letters: adverbial, adversity, adverting, advertise, advertize, aggrieved, cabdriver, cadaveric, chivareed, chivaried, daredevil, depraving, depravity, deprivals, derivable, derivates, deviators, deviatory, driveable, driveways, duratives, graveside, jarovized, larvicide, maravedis, overplaid, pervading, prevailed, radiative, reavailed, reinvaded, reinvades, riverward, shivareed, travailed, unrivaled, valorised, valorized, vaporised, vaporized, varicosed, varisized, varnished, velarized, veridical, vinegared, vineyards.