Definition of Variety

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Variety

Such entertainment as in given in variety shows; the production of, or performance in, variety shows.

The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

That which is various.

A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.

Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.

An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.

In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.

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Variety Quotations

Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.
Albert Einstein

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
Plato

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
Ansel Adams

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
Francis Bacon

We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.
Dave Barry

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
Johnny Carson

Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.
Marquis de Sade

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them.
Barney Frank

You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things.
Jon Stewart

This wealth of experiences, personal and professional, have helped me appreciate the variety of perspectives that present themselves in every case that I hear.
Sonia Sotomayor

Variety Translations

variety in Afrikaans is variasie
variety in German is Vielfalt
variety in Latin is varietas
variety in Portuguese is variedade
variety in Spanish is variedad

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