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covaried

covaried is the simple past and past participle of covary.

Meaning of covary

Verb

covary (third-person singular simple present covaries, present participle covarying, simple past and past participle covaried)

  1. To vary together with another variable, particularly in a way that may be predictive
    • More specifically, to say that there is an informative criterion of diachronic identity is to say that facts of diachronic identity covary with facts about continuants’ instantaneous qualitative profiles […].2007 July 18, Thomas Satting, “Identity in 4D”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, →DOI

Questions about covaried

What is covaried the simple past and past participle of?
Covaried is the simple past and past participle of covary.

Words near covaried in the dictionary

  1. covariated
  2. covariates
  3. covariation
  4. covariational
  5. covariations
  6. covaried
  7. covaries
  8. covariogram
  9. covariograms
  10. covarion
  11. covarions

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