vary
IPA: vˈɛri
noun
- (obsolete) alteration; change.
verb
- (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
- (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
- (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
- (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
- (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.
- (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
- (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
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Examples of "vary" in Sentences
- The extent of permafrost can vary as the climate changes.
- The steps and fees to legally change your name vary by state.
- The different forms vary principally in the darkness of the plumage.
- The carapace is calcified to varying degrees in different crustaceans.
- Does the label vary from the prescription or look different than what you expect?
- They vary from the size of a saucer, to the size of a salad plate, some of them are even as big as a dinner plate.
- baptized for the dead , but interpretations of the phrase vary widely, and it's unclear whether the practice was ever commonplace.
- Themes can vary from the classic favorites like the beach, stars and sky and green living to something unorthodox like sports themes and even movie sets.
- It is just one instance of the general truth that standards for the application of a term vary within a wide but non-arbitrary range as determined by various features of the context.
- Moreover, as they are written for "average patients" and cannot encompass the huge variation in how patients present, there may be good reason to vary from a guideline's recommendation for a patient.
- Extra virgin is an indication of quality - it means that an olive oil is particularly sweet with less than 0.8 per cent acidity - but why do bottles bearing this phrase on the label vary so much in price?
- Since then, references to emergingmarkets have become ubiquitous in the media, foreign policy and tradedebates, investment fund prospectuses and multinationals 'annualreports, but definitions of the term vary widely.