Definitions for the word "variety" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
That which is various.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
(pl. -ies) 1 diversity; absence of uniformity; many-sidedness. 2 quantity or collection of different things (for a variety of reasons). 3 a class of things that differ from the rest in the same general class. B member of such a class. 4 (foll. By of) different form of a thing, quality, etc. 5 biol. Subdivision of a species. 6 series of dances, songs, comedy acts, etc. (variety show). [latin: related to *various]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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