Vary
['veərɪ] or [´vεrrɪ]
Definition
(verb.) make something more diverse and varied; 'Vary the menu'.
(verb.) be subject to change in accordance with a variable; 'Prices vary'; 'His moods vary depending on the weather'.
Typist: Manfred--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To change the aspect of; to alter in form, appearance, substance, position, or the like; to make different by a partial change; to modify; as, to vary the properties, proportions, or nature of a thing; to vary a posture or an attitude; to vary one's dress or opinions.
(v. t.) To change to something else; to transmute; to exchange; to alternate.
(v. t.) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
(v. t.) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See Variation, 4.
(v. i.) To alter, or be altered, in any manner; to suffer a partial change; to become different; to be modified; as, colors vary in different lights.
(v. i.) To differ, or be different; to be unlike or diverse; as, the laws of France vary from those of England.
(v. i.) To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another.
(v. i.) To deviate; to depart; to swerve; -- followed by from; as, to vary from the law, or from reason.
(v. i.) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension; as, men vary in opinion.
(n.) Alteration; change.
Typist: Louis
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. a. [1]. Alter, change, modify, transform, transmute, metamorphose, make some change in.[2]. Diversify, variegate.
v. n. [1]. Alter, change, be changeable.[2]. Differ, be unlike, be different.[3]. Deviate, depart, swerve.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Alter, dissimilate, change, modify, variegate, diversify, differ, deviate,disagree
ANT:Perpetuate, stabilitate, assimilate, stereotype, harmonize, conform
Typed by Emile
Definition
v.t. to make different: to diversify modify: (mus.) to alter or embellish a melody preserving its identity: (Shak.) to express variously: to change to something else: to make of different kinds.—v.i. to alter or be altered: to be or become different: to change in succession: to deviate (with from): to disagree: (math.) to be subject to continual increase or decrease:—pa.t. and pa.p. vā′ried.—n. (Shak.) change.—adj. Vā′ried.—adv. Vā′riedly.—n. Vā′rier one who varies.
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Examples
- Homologous parts tend to vary in the same manner, and homologous parts tend to cohere. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The only course is to try by all means, direct and indirect, to moderate and vary his occupations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The profits of stock vary with the price of the commodities in which it is employed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- First, the wages of labour vary with the ease or hardship, the cleanliness or dirtiness, the honourableness or dishonourableness, of the employment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They mark the close of power to vary. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We have also formerly seen that parts many times repeated are eminently liable to vary, not only in number, but in form. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Secondly, the wages of labour vary with the easiness and cheapness, or the difficulty and expense, of learning the business. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The reactions were all varied in various people, but they followed a few great laws, and intrinsically there was no difference. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- If, then, it varied, natural selection would probably favour different varieties in the different islands. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The same Signor Jupe was to 'enliven the varied performances at frequent intervals with his chaste Shaksperean quips and retorts. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In his place has come the factory hand, nearly all footwear being now a product of machinery, and this of greatly varied and effective character. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Not in one case out of a hundred can we pretend to assign any reason why this or that part has varied. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It must, however, be admitted that in many instances we cannot conjecture whether it was instinct or structure which first varied. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- His love never varied the least in the world, nor did we ever quarrel. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In the story of this passion, too, the development varies: sometimes it is the glorious marriage, sometimes frustration and final parting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The rent of land not only varies with its fertility, whatever be its produce, but with its situation, whatever be its fertility. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In all the different employments of stock, the ordinary rate of profit varies more or less with the certainty or uncertainty of the returns. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The percentage of drop varies according to the quantity of copper used in conductors, both as to cross-section and length. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When the steam pressure varies in this flat tube its coil expands or contracts, and in moving the index hand over the scale indicates the degree of pressure. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He says: The mode of getting in the harvest varies considerably. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The period at which the perfect plumage is acquired varies, as does the state of the down with which the nestling birds are clothed when hatched. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The motors are arranged under the cars in varying forms adapted to the structure of the car. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Commercial fertilizers generally contain nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash in amounts varying with the requirements of the soil. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It will be seen, therefore, that this method of duplexing is practiced, not by varying the strength or polarity, but by sending TWO KINDS OF CURRENT over the wire. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The ability of the eye to adjust itself to varying distances is called accommodation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And the experience of each party loses in meaning, when the free interchange of varying modes of life-experience is arrested. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- On either side of the peninsula the Atlantic in varying mood lies extended in summer sunshine, or from its shroud of mist thunders o n the black cliffs and their time-sculptured sandstones. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Let (A) be a common, widely-diffused, and varying species, belonging to a genus large in its own country. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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