vary

Meaning

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.

change

alter

be different

make different

be dissimilar

be diverse

be transformed

be revised

transmutation

be changed

become different

be touched

be transferred

be uncertain

call at

change to

be influenced

be transfigured

move location

discerp

divorce

transform into

change state

out in

be altered

poke into

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɛəɹi/

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

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