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Added 6 October 2026

various

/ˈvɛəɹi.əs/ determiner

In Latin: varius Wiktionary

determiner Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about various at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).
Various books have been taken.

adjective

Having a broad range (of different elements).
The reasons are various.
That varies or differs from others; variant; different, sundry.
a various reading of a Biblical text

Origin

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

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