variety
pronunciation
How to pronounce variety in British English:
UK [vəˈraɪəti]
How to pronounce variety in American English:
US [vəˈraɪəti]
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- Noun:
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- noticeable heterogeneity
- (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differe from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
- a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a difference that is usually pleasant
Word Origin
- variety (n.)
- 1530s, "change of fortunes," from Middle French variété and directly from Latin varietatem (nominative varietas) "difference, diversity; a kind, variety, species, sort," from varius "various" (see vary). Meaning diversity, absence of monotony" is from 1540s; that of "collection of different things" is from 1550s; sense of "something different from others" is from 1610s. In reference to music hall or theatrical performances of a mixed nature, first recorded 1868, American English.
Synonym
disparity change inconsistency contradiction nonconformity heterogenity diversity disagreement imbalance contrast inconformity unlikeness deviationist incongruity contradistinction contrariety opposition imparity dissimilarity opposite difference divergence variation incompatibility contrariness dissimilitude discordance
Antonym
Example
- 1. Readers should benefit from the greater variety .
- 2. Harmony is achieved through the sensitive balance of variety and unity .
- 3. At first , it 's delightful to have all that variety .
- 4. There is a great variety of food in china .
- 5. Chinese consumers seem to have even more of a taste for variety than most .