vary
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English varien, from Old French varier, from Latin variare (“to change, alter, make different”), from varius (“different, various”); see various
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vary (third-person singular simple present varies, present participle varying, simple past and past participle varied)
- (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
- He varies his magic tricks so as to minimize the possibility that any given audience member will see the same trick twice.
- (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
- You should vary your diet. Eating just bread will do you harm in the end.
- (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
- His mood varies by the hour.
- The sine function varies between −1 and 1.
- (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
- The sprouting tendency of potatoes varies between cultivars, years and places of growing.
- (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
- I'm not comfortable with
3.Nc3in the Caro-Kann, so I decided to vary and playexd5.
- I'm not comfortable with
[edit] Translations
to institute a change in — see modify
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[edit] Noun
vary (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Alteration; change.
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[edit] External links
- vary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- vary in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Common Malayo-Polynesian, compare Indonesian beras
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