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variety
English
Alternative forms
- variëty (rare)
Etymology
From Middle French varieté, from Latin variet?s (“difference, diversity”), from varius (“different, various”); see various. Displaced native Old English misl?cnes.
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?-r???-t?, IPA(key): /v???a?.?.ti/
- Rhymes: -a??ti
- Hyphenation: va?ri?e?ty
Noun
variety (countable and uncountable, plural varieties)
- The quality of being varied; diversity.
- Antonym: sameness
- A specific variation of something.
- A number of different things.
- Synonyms: array, assortment
- A state of constant change.
- (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species (infraspecific), either below subspecies (subspecific) or ranked comparably therewith.
- (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
- (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
- (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
- (algebra, universal algebra) An equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
- (algebraic geometry) An algebraic variety.
- The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
- The production of, or performance in, variety shows.
Synonyms
- (quality of being varied): See also Thesaurus:nonuniformity
- (algebraic geometry): algebraic variety
- (universal algebra): equational class, equational variety, variety of algebras
Hyponyms
- (specific variation of something): cultivar
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- species
- (cybernetics: logarithm): information entropy
Further reading
- variety in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- variety in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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contest
English
Etymology
From French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.t?st/
- (US) enPR: k?n't?st, IPA(key): /?k?n.t?st/
- Rhymes: -?nt?st
Verb
- (UK, US) enPR: k?nt?st', IPA(key): /k?n?t?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
contest (countable and uncountable, plural contests)
- (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
- Synonyms: controversy, debate, discussion
- (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
- Synonyms: battle, combat, fight
- (countable) A competition.
- Synonyms: competition, pageant
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
contest (third-person singular simple present contests, present participle contesting, simple past and past participle contested)
- (intransitive) To contend.
- Synonyms: compete, contend, go in for
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- As for the difficulty or obscurity of an argument, that does but add to the pleasure.of contesting with it when there are hopes of victory
- (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
- Synonyms: call into question, oppose
- Antonym: support
- 1848, John Daniel Morell, Historical and Critical View of the Speculative Philosophy of Europe in the Nineteenth Century
- Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequently repeated, few more contested than this.
- (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
- (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
- Synonym: controvert
Translations
Anagrams
- Consett, Cottens
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