vary

Signification

Verb

1. To change with time or a similar parameter.
2. To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
3. Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
4. To display differences.
5. To be or act different from the usual.
6. To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
7. To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
8. (obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.

Noun

alteration; change.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈvɛəɹi/

Étymologie

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

Phrases

Their motives for murder vary .

Leurs motifs de meurtre varient.