varyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹi/, /ˈvæɹi/, /ˈvɛɹi/
• (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• 韻: -ɛəɹi
• Homophone: very (accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)

動詞

vary (三人称単数 現在形 varies, 現在分詞 varying, 過去形および過去分詞形 varied)

1. (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.

   He varies his magic tricks so as to minimize the possibility that any given audience member will see the same trick twice.

   • 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, John Dryden, transl., De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], OCLC 261121781:

     We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies.

2. (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.

   You should vary your diet. Eating just bread will do you harm in the end.

   • a. 1687, Edmund Waller, to Phyllis

     Gods, that never change their state, / Vary oft their love and hate.

3. (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.

   His mood varies by the hour.

   The sine function varies between −1 and 1.

   • 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, OCLC 79426475, Act I, scene iii, page 1:

     While fear and anger, with alternate grace, / Pant in her breast, and vary in her face.

4. (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.

   The sprouting tendency of potatoes varies between cultivars, years and places of growing.

   • 1960 February, “The modernisation of Peterborough”, in Trains Illustrated, page 108:

     In the new layout, it is proposed to provide three island platforms with six platform faces varying from 1,075 to 1,290 ft. in length and including bays.

5. (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.

   I'm not comfortable with 3.Nc3 in the Caro-Kann, so I decided to vary and play exd5.

6. (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203:

     God hath […] varied their inclinations.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     God hath here / Varied his bounty so with new delights.

7. (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
8. (intransitive, obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
   • 1623, John Webster, The Devil's Law Case

     the rich jewel which we vary for

同意語

• (institute a change in): alter, change; See also Thesaurus:alter
• (not to remain constant): fluctuate
• (display differences): See also Thesaurus:differ
• (make of different kinds): See also Thesaurus:diversify
• (disagree): dissent, take exception

派生語

• varisome
• varisyllabic

名詞

vary (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) alteration; change.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:

     With euery gall, and varry of their Masters,

関連する語

Further reading

• vary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• vary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

アナグラム

• arvy