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- [vair-ee]
- /ˈvɛər i/
- /ˈveəri/
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- [vair-ee]
- /ˈvɛər i/
Definitions of vary word
- verb with object vary to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods. 1
- verb with object vary to cause to be different from something else: The orchestra varied last night's program with one new selection. 1
- verb with object vary to avoid or relieve from uniformity or monotony; diversify: to vary one's diet. 1
- verb with object vary Music. to alter (a melody or theme) by modification or embellishments without changing its identity. 1
- verb without object vary to show diversity; be different: The age at which children are ready to read varies. 1
- verb without object vary to undergo change in appearance, form, substance, character, etc.: The landscape begins to vary as one drives south. 1
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Origin of vary
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English varien < Latin variāre, equivalent to vari(us) (see various) + -āre infinitive suffix
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Parts of speech for Vary
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vary popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
vary usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vary
verb vary
- aberrated — simple past tense and past participle of aberrate.
- altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
- alternate — When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
Antonyms for vary
verb vary
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- bring into line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
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