var

var noun: a unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere. Also the abbreviation of variable.

Noun (1)

var (countable and uncountable, plural vars)

A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.

Noun (2) capitalized: VAR

VAR (countable and uncountable, plural VARs)

(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of value-added reseller: A business that re-sells goods, especially with some additional service, such as selection assistance, installation, or support.
Alternative letter-case form of VaR; Value at Risk.
(abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of vector autoregression.
(abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of video assistant referee.
- [Harry] Kane was the victim in incidents plucked straight from the world of wrestling in each half, and on neither occasion did any of the officials – on the pitch or in the VAR booth – see fit to intervene in what were obvious penalties.2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019
- Another offside decision, confirmed by the VAR, also ruled out a French “goal” early in the second half, when Geyoro tucked in on the rebound from Berger’s close-range save from Marie-Antoinette Katoto; […].2025 July 19, Tom Garry, “Berger stars in shootout as Germany overcome early red card to fell France at Euro 2025”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Proper noun capitalized: Var

Var

A department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France (INSEE code 83).
A river in southeast France, flowing through the departments of Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Noun (3) capitalized: VaR

VaR (countable and uncountable, plural VaRs)

(abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of value at risk.

Also used as

var is also the abbreviation of variable.

var is also the abbreviation of variance.

var is also the clipping of Anavar.

var meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Kannada

var in Tamil

வர்

var in Bengali

ভার্

var in Telugu

వర్

var in Kannada

ವರ್

More languagesFewer languages

var in Punjabi: ਵਰ
var in Gujarati: વર

Examples of var in a sentence

Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum is a variety of Capsicum annuum commonly known as chiltepin or Indian pepper.
Likewise, oranges that had previously sold for two bolívares per hundred were now one bolívar for four.
Thus, it is also better combined with the var. pilifera as a synonym.

All 14 example sentences with var

Forms of var

plural	vars
plural	VARs
plural	VaRs

Plural of var: vars

Words formed from var

Words that rhyme with var

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Questions about var

What does var mean?: Var means a unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
What is var in Tamil?: Var in Tamil is வர். See Var meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is var?: Var can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of var?: The plural of var is vars.

Words near var in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: var (page history and authors); VAR (page history and authors); Var (page history and authors); VaR (page history and authors); var (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); var (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); var (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); var (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); var (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); var (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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