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Definition of variant noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

variant

noun
 
/ˈveəriənt/
 
/ˈveriənt/,
 
/ˈværiənt/
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  1. variant (of/on something) a thing that is a slightly different form or type of something else
    • This game is a variant of baseball.
    • a variant of the original experiment
    • a variant on a familiar theme
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘tending to vary’): from Old French, literally ‘varying’, present participle of varier or Latin variare, from varius ‘diverse’ . The noun dates from the mid 19th cent.
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