variant
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1var·i·ant

adjective \ˈver-ē-ənt\

Definition of VARIANT

1
obsolete : variable
2
: manifesting variety, deviation, or disagreement
3
: varying usually slightly from the standard form <variant readings> <variant spellings>

Examples of VARIANT

  1. variant strains of a disease

First Known Use of VARIANT

14th century

2variant

noun

Definition of VARIANT

: one of two or more persons or things exhibiting usually slight differences: as
a : one that exhibits variation from a type or norm
b : one of two or more different spellings (as labor and labour) or pronunciations (as of economics \ek-, ēk-\) of the same word
c : one of two or more words (as geographic and geographical) or word elements (as mon- and mono-) of essentially the same meaning differing only in the presence or absence of an affix

Examples of VARIANT

  1. A new variant of the disease has appeared.

First Known Use of VARIANT

circa 1848

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