Meaning of "vary" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VARY

From Latin variāre, from variusvarious.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF VARY

vary  [ˈvɛərɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VARY

Vary is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb vary in English.

WHAT DOES VARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vary

Vary is a village in Zakarpattia Oblast of western Ukraine. It is located around 17 kilometres southeast of Berehove at the confluence of the rivers Tisza and Borzsova, not far from the Ukrainian-Hungarian border. Administratively, the village belongs to the Berehove Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast. Historically, the name originates from the Hungarian word vár meaning castle. The village was first mentioned as Vári in 1320 and was previously known as Borsovavára.

Definition of vary in the English dictionary

The first definition of vary in the dictionary is to undergo or cause to undergo change, alteration, or modification in appearance, character, form, attribute, etc. Other definition of vary is to be different or cause to be different; be subject to change. Vary is also to give variety to.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO VARY

PRESENT

Present

I vary

you vary

he/she/it varies

we vary

you vary

they vary

Present continuous

I am varying

you are varying

he/she/it is varying

we are varying

you are varying

they are varying

Present perfect

I have varied

you have varied

he/she/it has varied

we have varied

you have varied

they have varied

Present perfect continuous

I have been varying

you have been varying

he/she/it has been varying

we have been varying

you have been varying

they have been varying

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I varied

you varied

he/she/it varied

we varied

you varied

they varied

Past continuous

I was varying

you were varying

he/she/it was varying

we were varying

you were varying

they were varying

Past perfect

I had varied

you had varied

he/she/it had varied

we had varied

you had varied

they had varied

Past perfect continuous

I had been varying

you had been varying

he/she/it had been varying

we had been varying

you had been varying

they had been varying

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will vary

you will vary

he/she/it will vary

we will vary

you will vary

they will vary

Future continuous

I will be varying

you will be varying

he/she/it will be varying

we will be varying

you will be varying

they will be varying

Future perfect

I will have varied

you will have varied

he/she/it will have varied

we will have varied

you will have varied

they will have varied

Future perfect continuous

I will have been varying

you will have been varying

he/she/it will have been varying

we will have been varying

you will have been varying

they will have been varying

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would vary

you would vary

he/she/it would vary

we would vary

you would vary

they would vary

Conditional continuous

I would be varying

you would be varying

he/she/it would be varying

we would be varying

you would be varying

they would be varying

Conditional perfect

I would have vary

you would have vary

he/she/it would have vary

we would have vary

you would have vary

they would have vary

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been varying

you would have been varying

he/she/it would have been varying

we would have been varying

you would have been varying

they would have been varying

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you vary
we let´s vary
you vary

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to vary

Past participle

varied

Present Participle

varying

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «VARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vary» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of vary

adjust · alter · alternate · change · differ · disagree · diverge · diversify · fluctuate · intermix · mix · modify · oscillate · permutate · reorder · shift · swing · transform · variegate

TRANSLATION OF VARY

Find out the translation of vary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vary» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 变化
• Translator English - Spanish: variar
• English: vary
• Translator English - Hindi: भिन्न हो
• Translator English - Arabic: يُغَيِّرُ
• Translator English - Russian: менять(ся)
• Translator English - Portuguese: variar
• Translator English - Bengali: বিভিন্ন করা
• Translator English - French: varier
• Translator English - Malay: Berbeza-beza
• Translator English - German: variieren
• Translator English - Japanese: 変わる
• Translator English - Korean: 변경하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Beda-beda
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thay đổi
• Translator English - Tamil: மாறுபடும்
• Translator English - Marathi: बदलू
• Translator English - Turkish: farklılık göstermek
• Translator English - Italian: variare
• Translator English - Polish: zmienić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: відрізнятися
• Translator English - Romanian: a diferi
• Translator English - Greek: ποικίλλω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: verskil
• Translator English - Swedish: variera
• Translator English - Norwegian: variere

10 QUOTES WITH «VARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vary.

1

John Tyler Bonner

Any object, whether animate or inanimate, will have a size. Airplanes, boats, or musical string instruments vary in size just like animals and plants, and in all cases, their size and their material construction are totally different matters even though they affect one another.

2

John Tyler Bonner

The reason for natural selection's great success is that it provides a satisfying explanation of how evolution might have occurred: individual organisms vary, and if those variations are inherited, the successful ones will survive and propagate and pass down their desirable traits to succeeding generations.

3

Christie Brinkley

Lunch is a big huge salad with every color in it. From leafy greens to purple to herbs, fresh cut herbs mixed into it for flavors. I vary what I toss into it. Sometimes it might be lentils and chopped tomatoes, other days it could be garbanzo beans, some days I might have just a salad and have some lentil soup on the side.

4

Pat Brown

Evidence can vary depending on the circumstances, the weather, and how long it has been hanging around.

5

Marc Chagall

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.

6

Agatha Christie

Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.

7

Noureen DeWulf

Sometimes I go through a yoga phase or a spinning phase, but I try to vary my workouts so my body doesn't get used to any one thing.

8

Jared Diamond

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.

9

James Dobson

Although individual temperaments vary, boys are designed to be more assertive, audacious, and excitable than girls are.

10

Guy Finley

Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the same as it is today. This means that any human being who 'wants' to change is like a mountain river wanting to reach the valley floor. It's a done deal; that's what mountain rivers do, and 'changing' should be our first nature.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VARY»

Discover the use of vary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Cataclysmic Variable Stars - How and Why They Vary

This text provides a clear explanation and thorough overview of this phenomena at a level accessible to the advanced amateur or undergraduate student.

Coel Hellier, 2001

Results May Vary: A Novel about an Urban High School

"What motivated me to write this book was seeing firsthand the way public schools alternately inspire or crush the dreams of students and teachers.

Michael H. Haussler, 2010

Cooperative Purchasing: Effects Are Likely to Vary Among ...

Assesses the potential effects of a cooperative purchasing program authorized by section 1555 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 on nonfederal governments and federal agencies, and on industry, including small businesses ...

James M. McDermott, Vasiliki Theodoropoulus, Martin H. DeAlteriis, 1999

Unfunded Mandates: Views Vary about Reform Act's Strengths, ...

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) was enacted to address concerns about fed. statutes & reg's. that require nonfed. parties to expend resources to achieve legis. goals without being provided fed. funding to cover the costs.

Orice M. Williams, 2005

Digital Speech Transmission: Enhancement, Coding and Error ...

The authors give a solid, accessible overview of fundamentals of speech signal processing speech coding, including new speech coders for GSM and UMTS error concealment by soft decoding artificial bandwidth extension of speech signals single ...

Peter Vary, Dr. Rainer Martin, 2006

For "children who Vary from the Normal Type": Special ...

"Through the 19th and early 20th centuries, Boston's school administrators accepted this challenge with innovations in organization and curricula that soon were adopted by cities across the nation.

Robert L. Osgood, 2000

Adjectives, Number and Interfaces: Why Languages Vary

"Linguists, psychologists, computer scientists and philosophers alike will find this work of interest."--BOOK JACKET.

Denis Bouchard, 2002

How Does the Impact of an HIV/AIDS Information Campaign Vary ...

Evidence from Rural Uganda Damien de Walque. infection has been evolving over time. At the initial round in 1989—1990, there is no robust or significant association between HIV prevalence and educational attainment. This is in sharp  ...

Damien de Walque, 2004

Electoral Systems and Political Context: How the Effects of ...

This book highlights how new and established democracies differ from one another in the effects of their electoral rules.

Robert G. Moser, Ethan Scheiner, 2012

Springs and Bottled Waters of the World: Ancient History, ...

J.Vrba 8.1 5 Thermal Mineral Water Springs in Karlovy Vary 8.15.1 Introduction In the western part of the Czech Republic about 130-180 km west of the capital of Prague, in an area of about 300 km2, several dozen mineral springs occur from ...

Philip E. LaMoreaux, Judy T. Tanner, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vary is used in the context of the following news items.

'Box': Karlovy Vary Review

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U.S. Independent Movie 'Bob and the Trees' Wins Top Award at …

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic — Diego Ongaro's debut feature, a portrait of a prickly American iconoclast, “Bob and the Trees,” won the top prize, the ... «Variety, Jul 15»

Lux Prize Official Selection Unveiled at Karlovy Vary Film Festival

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic — The Official Selection for the Lux Prize, which is voted for by elected politicians sitting in the European Parliament, has ... «Variety, Jul 15»

Richard Gere honoured at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

American actor Richard Gere was the guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the 50th Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic. The 65-year-old, ... «euronews, Jul 15»

Ben Mendelsohn to present 'Mississippi Grind' at Karlovy Vary

Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn is to attend the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) (July 3-11) to present his latest film, Mississippi Grind, ... «Screen International, Jul 15»

WATCH: Trailer for 'Chemo,' World Premiering at Karlovy Vary Film …

Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer to “Chemo,” an unconventional love story. The film world premieres at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which ... «Variety, Jul 15»

Karlovy Vary Festival: Czech List of Eye-Opening Moments

As I reflected upon the importance of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival on the occasion of its 50th edition, which opens with Oren Moverman's “Time Out of Mind ... «Variety, Jun 15»

Richard Gere to Receive Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary Film Festival

LONDON — The Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which is Central and Eastern Europe's leading film event, is to honor Richard Gere. The actor will receive the ... «Variety, Jun 15»

Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Present Six Close Encounters

The 50th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival is to include a special section entitled Six Close Encounters, in which six directors who share a history with the ... «Variety, Jun 15»

Karlovy Vary Film Fest Hosts Variety Critics' Choice at 50th …

The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival will host the Czech premieres of 10 films selected by Variety critics during its upcoming 50th anniversary edition this summer, ... «Variety, Jun 15»