vary

/ˈvɛəɹi/ verbe B1

En français : varier

To change with time or a similar parameter. (transitive) · He varies his magic tricks so as to minimize the possibility that any given audience member will see the same trick twice.
To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify. (transitive) · You should vary your diet. Eating just bread will do you harm in the end.
Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter. (intransitive) · His mood varies by the hour.· The sine function varies between −1 and 1.
To display differences. (intransitive) · The sprouting tendency of potatoes varies between cultivars, years and places of growing.
To be or act different from the usual. (intransitive) · I'm not comfortable with 3.Nc3 in the Caro-Kann, so I decided to vary and play exd5.
To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversify; to variegate. (transitive)
To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation. (transitive)

He/she/it varies · Prétérit varied · Participe passé varied · Forme en -ing varying

Formes du verbe

Forme de base: vary
He/she/it: varies
Prétérit: varied
Participe passé: varied
Forme en -ing: varying

Dans la bibliothèque

Of all these varied cases, however, I cannot recall any which presented more singular features than that which was associated with the well-known Surrey family of the Roylotts of Stoke Moran.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 34 · B2

Well, by means of these lines, which are in accordance with the double motion of the earth, and the ellipse it describes round the sun, I am enabled to ascertain the precise hour with more minuteness than if I possessed a watch; for that might be broken or deranged in its movements, while the sun and earth never vary in their appointed paths.”

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 155 · C1

“That while the writing of different persons done with the right hand varies, that performed with the left hand is invariably uniform.”

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 165 · C1

A gang of burglars acting in the country might be expected to vary the scene of their operations, and not to crack two cribs in the same district within a few days.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 32 · B2

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