variety  /vəˈrajəti/ noun |
plural varieties
1 [singular] : a number or collection of different things or people — usually followed by of • The talks covered a wide/great variety oftopics. [=the talks covered many different topics] • The company sells a variety of gardening products. • They broke up for a variety of reasons. • The conference attracts a wide variety of people. • He has a variety of health problems.
2 [noncount] : the quality or state of having or including many different things • I was surprised by the variety of the choices that were available. • Our diet lacks variety. • My life needs morevariety. • You know what they say: variety is the spice of life. [=life is more interesting and enjoyable when you do different things]
3 [count] : a particular kind of person or thing • The museum has aircraft of every variety. [=kind, sort] • people of all varieties • different varieties of oranges • exotic varieties of snakes
4 [noncount] : a type of entertainment that has many short performances (such as dances, skits, and songs) which follow one another and that are not related — usually used before another noun • variety shows • variety performers/theater
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