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adjective
1.
tending to change or alter; exhibiting variety or diversity; varying: variant shades of color.
2.
not agreeing or conforming; differing, especially from something of the same general kind.
3.
not definitive, as a version of part of a text; different; alternative: a variant reading.
4.
not universally accepted.
noun
5.
a person or thing that varies.
6.
a different spelling, pronunciation, or form of the same word: “Vehemency” is a variant of “vehemence.”
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Variant
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Link To Variant
Example Sentences
- But far less is known about the variant form of the disease, including how much is an infective dose for humans.
- Flat is a variant of thin, which is a variant of small.
- Apparently there was a drought and larger-beaked finches were the dominant variant.
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World English Dictionary
| variant (ˈvɛərɪənt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | liable to or displaying variation |
| 2. | differing from a standard or type: a variant spelling |
| 3. | obsolete not constant; fickle |
| —n | |
| 4. | something that differs from a standard or type |
| 5. | statistics another word for variate |
| [C14: via Old French from Latin variāns, from variāre to diversify, from varius | |
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Word Origin & History
variant
c.1380, from O.Fr. variant, from L. variantem (nom. varians), prp. of variare "to change" (see vary). The noun is first attested 1848.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
variant var·i·ant (vâr'ē-ənt, vār'-)
adj.
Having or exhibiting variation; differing.
Tending or liable to vary; variable.
Deviating from a standard, usually by only a slight difference.
Something that differs in form only slightly from something else.
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