variant
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.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>
See Examples of VARIANT
- variant strains of a disease
First Known Use of VARIANT
14th century
2variant
nounDefinition 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
- A new variant of the disease has appeared.
First Known Use of VARIANT
circa 1848
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