vary
verb
1 vary
Become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.
synonyms: alter, change.
Roget 15:
be different
etc.
adj.;
differ,
vary,
ablude†,
mismatch,
contrast;
divaricate;
differ toto coelo [Lat.],
differ longo intervallo [It].
vary,
modify
etc.
(change)
140.
discriminate
etc.
465.
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Roget 149:
fluctuate,
vary,
waver,
flounder,
flicker,
flitter,
flit,
flutter,
shift,
shuffle,
shake,
totter,
tremble,
vacillate,
wamble†,
turn and turn about,
ring the changes;
sway to and fro,
shift to and fro;
change and change about;
waffle,
blow with the wind
(irresolute)
605;
oscillate
etc.
314;
vibrate between,
two extremes,
oscillate between,
two extremes;
alternate;
have as man phases as the moon.
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Roget 140:
change,
alter,
vary,
wax and wane;
modulate,
diversify,
qualify,
tamper with;
turn,
shift,
veer,
tack,
chop,
shuffle,
swerve,
warp,
deviate,
turn aside,
evert,
intervert†;
pass to,
take a turn,
turn the corner,
resume.
work a change,
modify,
vamp,
superinduce;
transform,
transfigure,
transmute,
transmogrify,
transume†;
metamorphose,
ring the changes.
innovate,
introduce new blood,
shuffle the cards;
give a turn to,
give a color to;
influence,
turn the scale;
shift the scene,
turn over a new leaf.
recast
etc.
146;
reverse
etc.
218;
disturb
etc.
61;
convert into
etc.
144.
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Roget 18:
be unlike
etc.
adj.;
vary
etc.
(differ)
15;
bear no resemblance to,
differ toto coelo [Lat.].
render unlike
etc.
adj.;
vary
etc.
(diversify)
140.
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Dutch: fluctueren, variëren, wisselen
2 vary
3 vary
Be subject to change in accordance with a variable.
Dutch: variëren
4 vary
Make something more diverse and varied:
— Vary the menu.
synonyms: motley, variegate.
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