variety
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
variety
/vəˈrajəti/
noun
plural
varieties
variety
/vəˈrajəti/
noun
plural
varieties
Britannica Dictionary definition of VARIETY
1
[singular]
:
a number or collection of different things or people
— usually + of
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The talks covered a wide/great variety of topics. [=the talks covered many different topics]
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The company sells a variety of gardening products.
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They broke up for a variety of reasons.
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The conference attracts a wide variety of people.
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He has a variety of health problems.
2
[noncount]
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the quality or state of having or including many different things
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I was surprised by the variety of the choices that were available.
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Our diet lacks variety.
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My life needs more variety.
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You know what they say: variety is the spice of life. [=life is more interesting and enjoyable when you do different things]
3
[count]
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a particular kind of person or thing
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The museum has aircraft of every variety. [=kind, sort]
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people of all varieties
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different varieties of oranges
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exotic varieties of snakes
4
[noncount]
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a type of entertainment that has many short performances (such as dances, skits, and songs) which follow one another and that are not related
— usually used before another noun
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variety shows
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variety performers/theater
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see also garden-variety
