adj
Meaning 1
Showing variety, diverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
variant
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Showing deviation or disagreement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Variable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Meaning 4
Covariant and/or contravariant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.
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noun
Meaning 6
A different sequence of a gene (locus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
differing from a norm or standard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a variant spelling
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
exhibiting variation and change
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- letters variant in size
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noun
Meaning 11
something a little different from others of the same type
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an experimental version of the night fighter
- a variant of the same word
- an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone
- the boy is a younger edition of his father
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: version, variation, edition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: type
noun
Meaning 12
a variable quantity that is random
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: random variable, variate, stochastic variable, chance variable
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: variable, variable quantity
noun
Meaning 13
an event that departs from expectations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discrepancy, variance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deviation, divergence, departure, difference
noun
Meaning 14
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a new strain of microorganisms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: form, strain, var.
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
History
Etymology
From Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”). First attested in c. 1380.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: различен (različen) — showing variety, diverse
- Czech: různý — showing variety, diverse
- Dutch: gevariëerd — showing variety, diverse
- Dutch: verscheiden — showing variety, diverse
- Finnish: vaihteleva — showing variety, diverse
- Georgian: სხვადასხვა (sxvadasxva) — showing variety, diverse
- Georgian: სხვადასხვანაირი (sxvadasxvanairi) — showing variety, diverse
- Hebrew: מגוון (meguván) — showing variety, diverse
- Portuguese: variante — showing variety, diverse
- Bulgarian: различаващ се (različavašt se) — showing deviation or disagreement
- Czech: rozdílný — showing deviation or disagreement
- Dutch: afwijkend — showing deviation or disagreement
- Finnish: poikkeava — showing deviation or disagreement
- Galician: variante — showing deviation or disagreement
- Georgian: განსხვავებული (gansxvavebuli) — showing deviation or disagreement
- Georgian: არამსგავსი (aramsgavsi) — showing deviation or disagreement
- Hebrew: מתבדל (mitbadél) — showing deviation or disagreement
- Polish: odbiegający — showing deviation or disagreement
- Portuguese: variante — showing deviation or disagreement
- Spanish: variante — showing deviation or disagreement
- Albanian: variant — something slightly different
- Arabic: اِخْتِلَاف (iḵtilāf) — something slightly different
- Armenian: տարբերակ (tarberak) — something slightly different
- Azerbaijani: variant — something slightly different
- Basque: aldaera — something slightly different
- Belarusian: варыя́нт (varyjánt) — something slightly different
- Bulgarian: вариа́нт (variánt) — something slightly different
- Chinese Mandarin: 變體 /变体 (biàntǐ) — something slightly different
- Chinese Mandarin: 異體 /异体 (yìtǐ) — something slightly different
- Czech: obměna — something slightly different
- Czech: varianta — something slightly different
- Danish: variant — something slightly different
- Dutch: variant — something slightly different
- Esperanto: varianto — something slightly different
- Estonian: variant — something slightly different
- Finnish: muunnelma — something slightly different
- Finnish: muunnos — something slightly different
- Finnish: variantti — something slightly different
- French: variante — something slightly different
- Georgian: ვარიანტი (varianṭi) — something slightly different
- German: Variante — something slightly different
- Greek: παραλλαγή (parallagí) — something slightly different
- Hebrew: חלופה (khalufá) — something slightly different
- Hebrew: הגוון (hegvén) — something slightly different
- Hungarian: változat — something slightly different
- Hungarian: variáns — something slightly different
- Icelandic: afbrigði — something slightly different
- Indonesian: varian — something slightly different
- Italian: variante — something slightly different
- Japanese: 変体 (hentai) — something slightly different
- Japanese: 変種 (henshu) — something slightly different
- Kazakh: нұсқа (nūsqa) — something slightly different
- Korean: 변체 (byeonche) — something slightly different
- Korean: 변종 (byeonjong) — something slightly different
- Latin: variāns — something slightly different
- Latvian: variants — something slightly different
- Lithuanian: variantas — something slightly different
- Macedonian: варија́нта (varijánta) — something slightly different
- Malay: varian — something slightly different
- Māori: rerenga — something slightly different
- Māori: tangongitanga — something slightly different
- Norwegian Nynorsk: variant — something slightly different
- Polish: odmiana — something slightly different
- Polish: rodzaj — something slightly different
- Polish: wariant — something slightly different
- Portuguese: variante — something slightly different
- Romanian: variantă — something slightly different
- Russian: вариа́нт (variánt) — something slightly different
- Serbo-Croatian: варѝјанта — something slightly different
- Serbo-Croatian: ина̀чица — something slightly different
- Serbo-Croatian: varìjanta — something slightly different
- Serbo-Croatian: inàčica — something slightly different
- Slovak: obmena — something slightly different
- Slovak: variant — something slightly different
- Slovene: varianta — something slightly different
- Spanish: variante — something slightly different
- Swedish: variant — something slightly different
- Thai: การเปลี่ยนแปลง (gaan-bplìian-bplɛɛng) — something slightly different
- Turkish: çeşitlilik — something slightly different
- Turkish: değişim — something slightly different
- Turkish: tenevvü — something slightly different
- Turkish: varyant — something slightly different
- Ukrainian: варіа́нт (variánt) — something slightly different
- Ukrainian: варіянт (varijant) — something slightly different
- Uzbek: variant — something slightly different
- Vietnamese: phương án — something slightly different
- Vietnamese: biến thể — something slightly different
- Dutch: variant — genetics: different sequence of a gene
- Finnish: geenimuunnos — genetics: different sequence of a gene
- Hebrew: זן (zan) — genetics: different sequence of a gene
- Finnish: variant-muuttuja — computing: variable that can hold several data types
- Hebrew: וריאנט (variánt) — computing: variable that can hold several data types
- Polish: wariant — computing: variable that can hold several data types
- Swedish: variabel — computing: variable that can hold several data types
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