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- pronunciation:
- v
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- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
varieties |
| definition 1: |
If a factory makes a variety of products, it makes a number of different products, not just one kind of product. If an ice cream shop sells a large variety of ice cream flavors, they sell many different flavors. If a grocery store has a variety of fruits, there are many different kinds of fruits there.
The museum has paintings by a large variety of artists.The band played a variety of songs at the party, so everybody was happy.- synonyms:
- assortment
- similar words:
- collection, mixture, selection
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| definition 2: |
If there is variety, things are not all the same, or they don't stay the same. Nature has a lot of variety. There are many different kinds of plants and animals. If you like variety in what you eat, you don't like to eat the same thing all the time. You like to have choice.
Mr. Holt likes the menu in that restaurant because it offers a lot of variety. There are all kinds of different dishes.Mrs. Peters is old now, but she still likes variety in her life. She doesn't want to do the same things every day.- synonyms:
- diversity
- similar words:
- assortment, contrast, difference
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| definition 3: |
A variety is a particular type of something within a category.
The baker uses a special variety of apple in the pies she makes.
- synonyms:
- kind, nature, sort, type
- similar words:
- brand, category, class, form, style
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| related words: |
breed, combination, kind, model, nature, pattern |
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