verb
- Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.
- usage: "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
- Be at variance with; be out of line with.
- Be subject to change in accordance with a variable.
- usage: "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
- synonyms: vary
- Make something more diverse and varied.
- usage: "Vary the menu"
adjective
- Characterized by variety.
- usage: "immigrants' varied ethnic and religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and varied"
- Widely different.
- usage: "varied motives prompt people to join a political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants"
- synonyms: wide-ranging
- Broken away from sameness or identity or duplication.
- usage: "her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty"
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