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various

UK/ˈvɛəɹi.əs//ˈvɛəɹi.əs/

various determiner: more than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

Determiner

various

  1. More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).
    • Various books have been taken.
    • There are various ways to fix the problem.

Adjective

various (not comparable)

  1. Having a broad range (of different elements).
    • The reasons are various.
    • For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition...
  2. (dated) That varies or differs from others; variant; different, sundry.
    • a various reading of a Biblical text

various meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

various in Hindi

an eclectic range of
विभिन्न vibhinn

various in Tamil

வெவ்வேறு

various in Marathi

an eclectic range of
विविध vividh, वेगवेगळे vegvegḷe, विभिन्न vibhinna, निरनिराळे nirnirāḷe

various in Urdu

an eclectic range of
مُخْتَلِف muxtalif
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various in Bengali
বিভিন্ন bibhinnô
various in Telugu
వేర్వేరు vērvēru
various in Malayalam
വിവിധ vividha, പല pala
various in Kannada
ಬೇರೆಬೇರೆ bērebēre, ವಿವಿಧ vividha
various in Punjabi
ਅਨੇਕ anek
various in Sanskrit
विभिन्न vibhinna
various in Nepali
विभिन्न
various in Arabic
مُخْتَلِف muḵtalif, مُتَنَوَّع mutanawwaʕ, شَتَّى šattā
various in Thai
ทั้งหลาย táng-lǎai, ต่าง dtàang, ต่าง ๆ dtàang-dtàang, นานา naa-naa
various in Vietnamese
khác nhau
various in Myanmar
အဖုံဖုံ a.hpumhpum

Examples of various in a sentence

  • You have broken various of the rules.
  • The penalty for the breach of various contracts is scourging with stripes[…]1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 114:

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Origin of various

Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”). By surface analysis, vary + -ous.

Words formed from various

Phrases with various

Words that rhyme with various

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Questions about various

What does various mean?
Various means more than one (of an indeterminate set of things).
What is various in Hindi?
Various in Hindi is विभिन्न (vibhinn). See Various meaning in Hindi.
How do you use various in a sentence?
You have broken various of the rules.
What part of speech is various?
Various can be a determiner or an adjective.
How do you pronounce various?
Various is pronounced /ˈvɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).

Words near various in the dictionary

  1. variorums
  2. varios
  3. variosities
  4. variosity
  5. variotinted
  6. various
  7. various and sundry
  8. various reading
  9. various readings
  10. variously
  11. variousness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: various (page history and authors); various (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বিভিন্ন (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਅਨੇਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); various (Nepali, 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.

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