vary

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
  2. verb be at variance with; be out of line with
  3. verb be subject to change in accordance with a variable

Etymology

From Middle English varien, from Old French varier, from Latin variō (“to change, alter, make different”), from varius (“different, various”); see various.

In classic literature

Synonyms

change, alter

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