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Meaning of various

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  various
      adj 1: of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking
             any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many
             and various"; "various experiments have failed to
             disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his
             behavior" [syn: {assorted}, {various}]
      2: considered individually; "the respective club members";
         "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports
         all agreed" [syn: {respective(a)}, {several(a)},
         {various(a)}]
      3: distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as
         Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar
         and the cavy and the sloth" [syn: {diverse}, {various}]
      4: having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements
         are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition" [syn:
         {versatile}, {various}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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