Var

¹

[ var ]

noun

1. a department in SE France. 2,326 sq. mi. (6,025 sq. km). : Draguignan.

VAR

²

noun

, Soccer.

1. video assistant referee: a system by which a group of officials in a control booth use multiple angles of video footage to review decisions made by officials on the field in real time:

   The guiding principle of VAR in this league is that it should interfere as little as possible.

var.

³

abbreviation for

1. variable.
2. variant.
3. variation.
4. variety.
5. variometer.
6. various.

Var

¹

/ var /

noun

1. a department of SE France, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. Capital: Toulon. Pop: 946 305 (2003 est). Area: 6023 sq km (2349 sq miles)
2. a river in SE France, flowing southeast and south to the Mediterranean near Nice. Length: about 130 km (80 miles)

var

²

/ vɑː /

noun

1. a unit of reactive power of an alternating current, equal to the product of the current measured in amperes and the voltage measured in volts

VAR

³

abbreviation for

1. visual aural range

var.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. variable
2. variant
3. variation
4. variety
5. various

Word History and Origins

Origin of Var¹

First recorded in 2010–15

Word History and Origins

Origin of Var¹

from v ( olt- ) a ( mperes ) r ( eactive )

Example Sentences

But I have nothing solid—no lands, no estates except my chateau in Var.

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Ve vill der togs uf var loose und ride to driumph in der shariot uf fire.

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But "Carron, il est trs fin," said my informant; "you know,—'e is var' smart."

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Der Teufel, my goot Madchen—but you are von var pretty—vat you call it?

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In more than one periodical the botanical name of this plant has been given as Mentha arvensis, var.

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