Various
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adjective


(1)   Of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
"Assorted sizes"
"His disguises are many and various"
"Various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"
"Cited various reasons for his behavior"
(2)   Distinctly dissimilar or unlike
"Celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"
"Animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"
(3)   Having great diversity or variety
"His various achievements are impressive"
"His vast and versatile erudition"
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Etymology


From varieux, from

Determiner



  1. more than one indeterminate thing
    Various books have been taken.
    There are various ways to fix the problem.
    You have broken various of the rules.

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