# various

Pronunciation: say "VAIR-ee-uhs" /ˈvɛəɹi.əs/

## Determiner

1. More than one, taken from an unspecified or indeterminate set of things.
   - Simple: Several different ones, when the exact number is not known or given.
   - _The report drew on various sources scattered across several archives._
   - _Various factors contributed to the company's slow decline that year._

## Adjective

2. Made up of many different kinds or elements and so varied as a whole, as in her interests were many and various.
   - Simple: Made up of many different kinds or types.
   - _His talents proved remarkably various, spanning music, engineering, and poetry._
   - _The island's wildlife is rich and various, from tiny tree frogs to giant tortoises._

## Adjective

3. Different from others of the same kind, as a variant form or version is. *(dated)*
   - Simple: Not the same as the others, like a different form of the same thing.

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French "varieux," from Latin "varius" ("manifold, diverse, changeable, fickle"). It can be analyzed as "vary" plus the suffix "-ous."

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