Various Definition

vârē-əs, văr-

adjective

Of diverse kinds.

Unable to go for various reasons.

American Heritage

Differing one from another; of several kinds.

Webster's New World

Unlike; different.

Flowers as various as the rose, the daisy, and the iris.

American Heritage

Several or many.

Found in various sections of the country.

Webster's New World

Individual; distinct.

Bequests to the various heirs.

Webster's New World

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pronoun

Several different people or things.

American Heritage

determiner

More than one indeterminate thing.

Various books have been taken.

There are various ways to fix the problem.

You have broken various of the rules.

Wiktionary

Origin of Various

From Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, party-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.")

From Wiktionary
From Latin varius

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition