单词 | variant |
释义 | variant /vair"ee euhnt/, adj. 1. tending to change or alter; exhibiting variety or diversity; varying: variant shades of color. 2. not agreeing or conforming; differing, esp. from something of the same general kind. 3. not definitive, as a version of part of a text; different; alternative: a variant reading. 4. not universally accepted. n. 5. a person or thing that varies. 6. a different spelling, pronunciation, or form of the same word: "Vehemency" is a variant of "vehemence." [1325-75; ME < L variant-, s. of varians, prp. of variare to VARY; see -ANT] |
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