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Plural of variation

regular plural

The plural of variation is variations.

Forms of variation

Singularvariation /ˌvɛəɹɪˈeɪʃn̩/
Pluralvariations /ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃənz/
Countableusually uncountable

Variations in a sentence

  • All of his soups are variations on a single recipe.
  • Selfishness has different variations, but in the end it is all the same.2020 May 10, “Cultivation Experience of a Young Practitioner Born in the 90s”, in Minghui
  • Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations.From the entry bond
  • Variations of the Valsalva manoeuvre can be used during medical examination.From the entry Valsalva manoeuvre
  • The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.From the entry offset

Meaning of variation

  1. noun The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
  2. noun A related but distinct thing.
  3. noun The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.

Full definition of variation

Questions about the plural of variation

What is the plural of variation?
The plural of variation is variations.
Is variation countable?
Variation is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: variation (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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