adjective · neutral
various
UK/ˈvɛəriəs/US/ˈvɛriəs/VAR·i·ous
Band 5-6speakingtask2task1
several different kinds
Examples
“She has worked in various countries around the world.”
“We discussed various options for the project.”
“There are various reasons why this happened.”
Band 8 sentence
“The study reviewed data from various sources, including government reports and independent surveys.”
Collocations
- various reasons
- various aspects
- various sources
Word family
various adjvariety nounvariously adv
Common mistakes
many various reasons→various reasons or many reasons
a various problem→a variety of problems / various problems
Say it for a higher band
5many→6several→7+various
Synonyms
several
different
Easily confused
several
“Several students volunteered to help with the project.”
different
“We chose different approaches to solve the problem.”
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In -ous
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