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variant

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) variant (adjective)
  2. 2) variant (noun)
  3. variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (noun)
  4. new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (noun)

1var·i·ant

adj \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>
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Examples of VARIANT

  1. variant strains of a disease

First Known Use of VARIANT

14th century

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