various

Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛə.ɹi.əs/
• (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɚ.i.əs/, (among some speakers) /ˈvæɹ.i.əs/

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  • Audio (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger); /ˈvæɹ.i.əs/:

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• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹ.i.əs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəs

various

1. More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

   Various books have been taken.

   There are various ways to fix the problem.

   You have broken various of the rules.

various (not comparable)

1. Having a broad range (of different elements).

   The reasons are various.

2. (dated) That varies or differs from others; variant; different.

   a various reading of a Biblical text

• diverse, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, multifarious, sundry; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

• monotonous

• “various”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “various”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• Saviour, saviour