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How to use variant in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun

Variant means showing variety, diverse. Example: “All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.”

Examples of variant by meaning

nounSomething that is slightly different from a type or norm.

  • All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.

nounA different sequence of a gene (locus).

  • Most train operators have reduced services with emergency timetables, as they struggle to cope with a rapid increase in staff absences due to the Omicron variant of COVID.2022 January 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Emergency timetables as absences surge due to COVID”, in RAIL, number 948, page 6

nounOne of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.

  • The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
  • The "Terms" number is the total number of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297

More sentences with variant

  • This usage is often classified as a variant spelling of shark, and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of sharp.From the entry sharp
  • Some words have many spellings: Take, for example, coordinate, which also has a hyphenated spelling variant — co-ordinate — and a dieretic one, coördinate.From the entry diaeretic
  • Participants were told that, unlike previous variants, the Omega variant can affect teenagers.2026, Aqsa Farooq, Adam Rutland, Luke McGuire, “The Role of Harm, Misinformer Age, and Information Scrutiny on Adolescents’ Trust in…. From the entry Omega variant
  • At the frontiers where Yamnaya pastoralists interacted with settled agriculturalists, local variants developed among bilingual populations.2025 December 12, Tom Hercules Davies, “Horses, Wheels, Languages: Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic Epic on the Eurasian Steppe”, in The…. From the entry Yamnaya
  • Ranjan was busy gorging on mangodas, a spicier variant of the pakoda, dipped in tamarind chutney.2024 May 8, Col Ashutosh Kale, Rambo: The true account of a Special Forces Officer, Major Sudhir Waliaǀ True story of a brave Para SF…. From the entry mangoda
  • However, Delta and Omicron variants had increased fitness within the borough.2024, Ryan Forster, Anthony Griffen, Johanna Daily, Libusha Kelly, “Community level variability in Bronx COVID-19 hospitalizations…. From the entry Iota variant
  • The Beta variant was selected because it was the prevalent SARS-CoV-2 strain at the time.2022 August 17, Prabhu S. Arunachalam et al., “Durable protection against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is induced by an adjuvanted…. From the entry Beta variant
  • Will changing variants require constantly updated vaccines or can a pan-COVID-19 vaccine be created?2022 February 15, “A Future of Living With COVID-19: Defining the Known Unknowns”, in Contagion, Cranbury, NJ: MultiMedia Healthcare. From the entry pan-Covid
  • "I just found out he's been afflicted by the Ligma variant.2021 September 29, Cillian Breathnach, quoting Matt Heafy, “Trivium's Matt Heafy "formally disses" Machine Gun Kelly for wearing a "16…. From the entry ligma
  • The form mrkws of the Istanbul manuscript is certainly a miswriting of a spelling variant of jārkūn.2020, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal…. From the entry miswriting
  • The dibutylamino compound exhibited mechanochromic behaviour, whereas the dimethylamino variant did not.2019, David J. Fisher, Mechanochromism, page 80. From the entry dibutylamino
  • There are asexual variants among all sorts of creatures, including jellyfish, dandelions, lichens and lizards.2018 April 24, John Launer, “Do We Even Need Men?”, in Literary Hub. From the entry jellyfish
  • Currently, state-of-the-art methods evolve around kinodynamic variants of popular sampling-based algorithms, such as Rapidly-exploring Random Trees (RRTs).2016, Oktay Arslan, Karl Berntorp, Panagiotis Tsiotras, “Sampling-based Algorithms for Optimal Motion Planning Using Closed-loop…. From the entry kinodynamic
  • Clinically relevant genetic variants on the following candidate pharmacogenes were tested: CYP2C9, VKORC1, EPHX1, CYP4F2, and NQO1.2016 January 9, “A Novel Admixture-Based Pharmacogenetic Approach to Refine Warfarin Dosing in Caribbean Hispanics”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry pharmacogenes
  • A variant on clipping that is common in Australian English is hypocorism.2015, William B. McGregor, “Structure of Words: Morphology”, in Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, London; New York, N.Y.…. From the entry hypocorism
  • Few TTR variants preferentially affect the central nervous system, manifesting as oculoleptomeningeal amyloidosis.2015 July 10, Jennifer L. Ziskin et al., “Neuropathologic analysis of Tyr69His TTR variant meningovascular amyloidosis with dementia”, in…. From the entry oculoleptomeningeal
  • Variants have turned up in poetry, prose, and song in numerous sources.2015, Gerald Milnes, Play of a Fiddle: Traditional Music, Dance, and Folklore in West Virginia, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 79. From the entry Omie
  • From darning needle, however, New York has developed two new variants dining needle and diamond needle.2013, Janet Holmes, An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, →ISBN. From the entry dining needle
  • Multinational corporations continue to use a variant of this scheme to reduce their tax obligations.2013, Richard Swift, Great Revenue Robbery: How to Stop the Tax Cut Scam and Save Canada, →ISBN. From the entry loan-back
  • The victims of these trollers, who are often variants of “Snerts” (i.e.2013, Jonathan Bishop, Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of Internet Trolling, →ISBN. From the entry snert
  • The first variant consists in alternating noised phases with unnoised descents.2012, Celso C. Ribeiro, Pierre Hansen, Essays and Surveys in Metaheuristics, page 254. From the entry noised
  • Endless numbers of local variants, genetic throw-offs, or accidental recombinations provide individuality and occasionally superior quality.2011, Philip M. Wagner, Grapes into Wine, page 21. From the entry throw-off
  • Topless variants may still be considered bikinis, although technically no longer two-piece swimsuits.2011 July 15, Tap Vann, “THE BIKINI TURNS 65”, in Weekly World News, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2022. From the entry seekini
  • Retinoblastoma has two distinct variants, an inherited “familial” form and a sporadic form.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 367. From the entry retinoblastoma
  • Allotypes were originally defined by antisera that differentiated allelic variants of immunoglobulin (Ig) subclasses.2009, Julius M. Cruse, Robert E. Lewis, Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology, 3rd edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 32. From the entry allotype
  • Armhole is a variant on armpit in the west and east Midlands.2005 September 7, Birmingham Post, page 9. From the entry armhole
  • There are any number of variants on the classic bavaroise, the most elegant of chilled puddings.2005, Joanne Harris, Fran Warde, The French Market: More Recipes from a French Kitchen, HarperCollins, published 2006, →ISBN, page 196. From the entry bavaroise
  • As the valleys darkened, the caps of the hills were swashed in variant hues.2003, Walter Schenck, Shiloh, Unveiled, page 660. From the entry swash
  • Technically, what appeared on C.S.I. was a variant of a "yiffpile", itself a variant of a "skritchpile".2003 November 2, Wanderer, “CSI”, in alt.fan.furry, Google Groups. From the entry yiffpile
  • It seems to be a variant of Old Saxon but used as a micronational language.2002 September 6, Jan van Steenbergen, “Re: CHAT: Is there a conlang inspired in Old English?”, in Conlang Mailing List Archive, archived…. From the entry micronational language
  • He told me that my version was an acceptable variant within the shul's own accepted nusach.2000 November 3, Eliot Shimoff, “Liturgical issues -- in the spirit of Conservative Judaism”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet). From the entry chiyuv
  • The form variants of a Mongolian letter are synoglyphs of that letter.1992, R.M.K. Sinha, editor, Computer Processing of Asian Languages: Proceedings of the Second Regional Workshop, March 12-16, 1992, Indian…. From the entry synoglyph
  • Exanthemic typhus and abdominal typhus were in the past considered to be variants of the same disease.1975, Bertel von Bonsdorff, The History of Medicine in Finland, 1828-1918. From the entry exanthemic
  • I wonder if we might here be dealing with yet another variant of the word timmynoggy.1975, Nautical Research Guild, Nautical Research Journal Volume 21, page 94. From the entry timmynoggy
  • In these experimental variants the following results were obtained : 1.1966, Romanian Medical Review - Volume 10, page 51. From the entry antiliver
  • The E variant of the moon sign may perhaps be regarded as a homoglyph.1938, Sylvanus Griswold Morley, The Inscriptions of Petén, volume IV, page 43. From the entry homoglyph

Meaning of variant

  1. adjective Showing variety, diverse.
  2. adjective Showing deviation or disagreement.
  3. adjective Variable.

Full definition of variant

Questions about variant in a sentence

How do you use variant in a sentence?
Variant is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.”
What is a short sentence with variant?
“The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.”
What does variant mean?
Variant means showing variety, diverse.

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