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say it: vur-AHY-uh-tee
variety is a noun meaning "a collection containing a variety of sorts of things". It carries 6 recorded senses.
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
“a great assortment of cars was on display”
“he had a variety of disorders”
“a veritable smorgasbord of religions”
noticeable heterogeneity
“a diversity of possibilities”
“the range and variety of his work is amazing”
(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
“varieties are frequently recognized in botany”
biology
a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
a difference that is usually pleasant
“he goes to France for variety”
“it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for variety come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.