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VARIETY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Noticeable heterogeneity
Example:
the range and variety of his work is amazing
Synonyms:
diverseness; diversity; multifariousness; variety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("variety" is a kind of...):
heterogeneity; heterogeneousness (the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind)
Attribute:
varied (characterized by variety)
unvaried; unvarying (lacking variety)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variety"):
biodiversity (the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A difference that is usually pleasant
Example:
it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic
Synonyms:
change; variety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("variety" is a kind of...):
difference (the quality of being unlike or dissimilar)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Example:
what kinds of desserts are there?
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("variety" is a kind of...):
category (a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variety"):
like; the like; the likes of (a similar kind)
stripe (a kind or category)
model (a type of product)
manner (a kind)
ilk; like (a kind of person)
genre (a kind of literary or artistic work)
brand; make (a recognizable kind)
genus (a general kind of something)
species (a specific kind of something)
color; colour ((physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction)
flavor; flavour ((physics) the six kinds of quarks)
style (a particular kind (as to appearance))
art form ((architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture))
antitype (an opposite or contrasting type)
type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)
description (sort or variety)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
Synonyms:
variety; variety show
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("variety" is a kind of...):
show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variety"):
music hall; vaudeville (a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.)
review; revue (a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians)
minstrel show (a variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
Example:
varieties are frequently recognized in botany
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("variety" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variety"):
breed; stock; strain (a special variety of domesticated animals within a species)
cultivar (a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation)
Holonyms ("variety" is a part of...):
species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Example:
a veritable smorgasbord of religions
Synonyms:
assortment; miscellanea; miscellany; mixed bag; mixture; motley; potpourri; salmagundi; smorgasbord; variety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("variety" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "variety"):
grab bag (an assortment of miscellaneous items)
witch's brew; witches' brew; witches' broth (a fearsome mixture)
range (a variety of different things or activities)
selection (an assortment of things from which a choice can be made)
farrago; gallimaufry; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; melange; mingle-mangle; mishmash; oddments; odds and ends; omnium-gatherum; ragbag (a motley assortment of things)
alphabet soup (a confusing assortment)
sampler (an assortment of various samples)
Context examples:
HER2/neu, a tumor associated antigen (TAA), is overexpressed in a variety of tumor cell types and is highly immunogenic.
(AE37 Peptide/GM-CSF Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
The park was very large, and contained great variety of ground.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
TAG-72 may be expressed in a variety of adenocarcinomas including colorectal and ovarian adenocarcinomas.
(Monoclonal Antibody B72.3F(ab), NCI Thesaurus)
Mutations in this gene are associated with a variety of tumor types.
(MEN1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
According to Sunagar, there is an urgent need for specific antivenoms that can efficiently neutralise bites from all snake varieties.
(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)
This research demonstrates the variety of ways these diminutive organisms can alter, and sometimes impede, the biological carbon pump.
(Research provides new view of the critical role of plankton in marine carbon storage, National Science Foundation)
"Different (rice) varieties showed quite different changes in response to higher carbon dioxide concentrations," Kobayashi said.
(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)
Climate change will increase forest cover and change species composition, resulting in a greater variety of leaves and plant litter falling into waterways.
(Climate change could double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater ecosystems, University of Cambridge)
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are serine-threonine protein kinases activated in response to a variety of extracellular stimuli and encoded by a multigene family.
(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and is proposed to act as an oncogene in a broad variety of leukemias as well as colon, pancreatic and prostate carcinomas.
(MIR106A Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
