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How to pronounce variety in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord
Type of collection, accumulation, assemblage, aggregation
Has types omnium-gatherum, alphabet soup, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, ragbag, range, sampler, selection, witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth


he had a variety of disorders.
Type Words
Synonyms variety show
Type of show
Has types revue, minstrel show, music hall, vaudeville, review
Type Words
Synonyms form, kind, sort
Type of category
Has types type, ilk, like, make, manner, the likes of, the like, brand, style, model, antitype, genre, genus, art form, color, colour, stripe, description, species, flavor, flavour
Type Words
Synonyms diverseness, diversity, multifariousness
Type of heterogeneity, heterogeneousness
Has types biodiversity


the range and variety of his work is amazing.
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Synonyms change
Type of difference


he goes to France for variety.
Type Words
Type of taxonomic group, taxon, taxonomic category
Has types strain, cultivar, breed, stock

Examples of variety

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Mike McCall had just two turnovers and none of the What-Was-He-Thinking variety.
From the stltoday.com
The brothers attribute their success to variety and a willingness to experiment.
From the bloomberg.com
Sutton broke down the band, as well, providing even more variety and coloration.
From the timesunion.com
I partook of the variety of things there made of lentils and rice and chickpeas.
From the post-gazette.com
The EOA7530 and 7535 can be used in a variety of ways in different environments.
From the sfgate.com
The cuts come in a variety of areas and affect each school district differently.
From the post-gazette.com
Lucky people had developed various interesting ways of introducing such variety.
From the forbes.com
Since taking over, Del Bosque sought to give Spain greater variety and solidity.
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Mitch Daniels is not a communist, a socialist, or even a garden-variety liberal.
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More examples
  • Assortment: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
  • Diverseness: noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing"
  • (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany"
  • Variety show: a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
  • Kind: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
  • A difference that is usually pleasant; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic"
  • In botanical nomenclature, variety is a taxonomic rank below that of species: as such, it gets a ternary name (a name in three parts).
  • In cybernetics the term variety denotes the total number of distinct states of a system.
  • This is a list of varieties of cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana).