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VARIED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does varied mean?
• VARIED (adjective)
The adjective VARIED has 3 senses:
1. characterized by variety
2. widely different
3. broken away from sameness or identity or duplication
Familiarity information: VARIED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by variety
Context example:
his work is interesting and varied
Similar:
many-sided; miscellaneous; multifaceted; multifarious (having many aspects or qualities)
omnifarious (of all varieties or forms or kinds)
varicolored; varicoloured; variegated (having a variety of colors)
variform (varying in form or shape)
variable; varying (marked by diversity or difference)
various; versatile (having great diversity or variety)
Also:
heterogeneous; heterogenous (consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature)
modified (changed in form or character)
different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)
Attribute:
diverseness; diversity; multifariousness; variety (noticeable heterogeneity)
Antonym:
unvaried (lacking variety)
Derivation:
variedness (characterized by variation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Widely different
Synonyms:
varied; wide-ranging
Context example:
varied ethnic traditions of the immigrants
Similar:
diversified (having variety of character or form or components; or having increased variety)
Derivation:
variedness (characterized by variation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Broken away from sameness or identity or duplication
Context example:
her quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty
Similar:
changed (made or become different in nature or form)
Derivation:
variedness (characterized by variation)
Context examples
Her mind was quite determined, and varied not.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The list of proteins currently known to contain one or more copies of an EGF-like pattern is large and varied.
(EGF-Like Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
The results varied with the level of artificial light at night exposure.
(Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women, National Institutes of Health)
They found that all volunteers had anti-HA stem antibodies at baseline, although levels varied, and 64 percent of participants had increased levels after infection.
(Flu infection study increases understanding of natural immunity, National Institutes of Health)
These drugs are often intended for use in species too rare or varied to be used in traditional safety and effectiveness studies.
(Legally Marketed Unapproved New Animal Drugs for Minor Species, NCI Thesaurus)
The brightness in the layers varied by about 30 percent, though the height of the layers above the surface remained the same.
(Pluto’s Haze Varies in Brightness, NASA)
Her ideas only varied as to the how much.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Though her manner varied, however, her determination never did.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
They have varied pathology depending on the phase of the reproductive life from fetal stage to adulthood.
(Ovarian Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
My correspondence, however, is, as you know, a varied one, and I am somewhat upon my guard against any packages which reach me.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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