vary
/ˈvɛəɹi/
Dictionary
noun
- Alteration; change.
verb
- To change with time or a similar parameter.
"He varies his magic tricks so as to minimize the possibility that any given audience member will see the same trick twice."
- To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
"You should vary your diet. Eating just bread will do you harm in the end."
- Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
"His mood varies by the hour."
- (of the members of a group) To display differences.
"The sprouting tendency of potatoes varies between cultivars, years and places of growing."
- To be or act different from the usual.
- To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
- To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
- To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
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