various

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having great diversity or variety

   Their various achievements were impressive.

2. 2
   det

   More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

   Various books have been taken.

3. 3
   adj

   Having a broad range (of different elements).

   The reasons are various.

4. 4
   adj

   That varies or differs from others; variant; different, sundry.

   a various reading of a Biblical text

5. 5
   adj

   of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

6. 6
   adj

   distinctly dissimilar or unlike

7. 7
   adj

   considered individually

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”). By surface analysis, vary + -ous.