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covaries

covaries is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 covaries

What is covaries the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Covaries is the third-person singular simple present indicative of covary.

Words near covaries in the dictionary

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

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