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variety

US /vɚˈaɪəti/

noun Foundation · A2 Kinh doanh chung

Definition

a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The cafeteria offers a wide variety of healthy meals every day.

Synonyms

  • diversitynoticeable heterogeneity
  • assortmenta collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  • rangean area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:

Collocations

  • Easy wide variety of choices
    describing wide variety of choices (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other)
  • Medium variety of office supplies available
    describing variety of office supplies available (a collection containing a variety of sorts of things)
  • Hard botanical variety protected by patent laws
    describing botanical variety protected by patent laws (a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves))
  • Very Hard garden-variety fraud elevated to state policy
    a collocation phrase: garden-variety fraud elevated to state policy

Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.