various
Various describes several different kinds of things, like a candy shop that is home to various sweets, from lollipops to chocolate fudge.
Various comes from the Latin word varius, meaning "changing, different, diverse." If you have various interests, you have a lot of them, and they represent a range — you might love hip hop, movies from the 1940s, fixing cars, and reading fashion magazines. Various can convey a high number, like when you say, "Various people want to get involved with the park clean-up." This means a lot of people want to help.
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having great diversity or variety
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distinctly dissimilar or unlike
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considered individually“the various reports all agreed”
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synonyms:
respective, several
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individual, single
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
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individual, single
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of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
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As you read Dorothy Hinshaw Patent's "How Smart Are Animals?" learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 6's Collection 2: The Mixer, Tribute to the Dog, Animal Wisdom and The Last Wolf, How Smart Are Animals?, Animal Snoops
In this nonfiction account, a journalist applies for a job as a corrections officer and explores conditions in one of America's most dangerous prisons.