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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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tribe
English
Etymology
From Middle English tribe, tribu, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?a?b/
- Rhymes: -a?b
Noun
tribe (plural tribes)
- A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.
- (anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
- (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
- (taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
- The collective noun for various animals.
- (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
Derived terms
- tribal
- tribally
- tribelet
Translations
Verb
tribe (third-person singular simple present tribes, present participle tribing, simple past and past participle tribed)
- (transitive) To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
- 1696-1699, William Nicolson, English Historical Library
- Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed.
- 1696-1699, William Nicolson, English Historical Library
See also
- ethnic
- Appendix:English collective nouns
Anagrams
- Berti, Breit, Tiber, biter, rebit
Middle English
Alternative forms
- trybe, tribu
Etymology
From Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tri?b(?)/, /?tri?bu/
Noun
tribe (plural tribus)
- One of the twelve tribes of Israel.
- (rare) Any tribe or kin group.
- (rare) A league or grouping.
Descendants
- English: tribe
References
- “tr?be, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-03.
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