variate

Questions about variate

What does variate mean?

variate means "a variable quantity that is random".

How many syllables are in variate?

variate has 3 syllables and divides as va-ri-ate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for variate?

Close synonyms include random variable, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is variate a common word?

variate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.