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Meaning of Variant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈvɛəɹi.ənt

Definitions

  1. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
  2. A different sequence of a gene (locus).
  3. A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
  4. One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.

Equivalents

العربية اختلاف المغاير
Български различен
Čeština obměna provedení rozdílný různý varianta
Deutsch Nebenform Variante
Ελληνικά εκδοχή παραλλαγή
Esperanto varianto
Español variante
Eesti variant
Suomi geenimuunnos mukaelma muunnelma muunnos poikkeava rinnakkaismuoto toisinto vaihteleva variantti
Français variant variant variant variante
Gàidhlig malairt
עברית גרסה זן חֲלוּפָה מגוון
Magyar változat variáns
Հայերեն տարբերակ
Bahasa Indonesia varian
Íslenska afbrigði
Italiano variante
日本語 亜種 変体 変種 株
ქართული არამსგავსი განსხვავებული ვარიანტი სხვადასხვა სხვადასხვანაირი
Қазақ тілі нұсқа
한국어 변종 변체
Kurdî varyant
Latina varians
Lietuvių variantas
Latviešu variants
Македонски варијанта
Bahasa Melayu varian
Nederlands afwijkend gevarieerd variant verscheiden
Polski odmiana rodzaj wariant
Português variante
Română variantă
Русский вариант
Slovenčina obmena
Svenska variabel variant
ไทย การเปลี่ยนแปลง
Türkçe çeşitlilik değişim tenevvü varyant
Українська варіант варіянт відміна
Tiếng Việt biến thể dị bản phương án

Examples

“All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.”
“Most train⟳ operators have⟳ reduced services with emergency timetables, as they struggle⟳ to cope with a rapid increase⟳ in staff absences due to the Omicron variant of COVID.”
“The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.”
“The "Terms" number⟳ is the total number⟳ of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants.”
“Each member of this group of two or more forms is called a variant. [...] In this case ‘-in’ and ‘-ing’ are variants of the sociolinguistic variable -ing.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease variant reading Variantly Variants Variate Variated

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