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  Var

  noun

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

  noun

  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.
• var.
  var.

  abbreviation

  variable.
• var
  var

  noun

  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

¹ American  

[var] / var /

noun

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

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VAR ² American  

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.

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var. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. variable.

2. variant.

3. variation.

4. variety.

5. variometer.

6. various.

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var. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. variable

2. variant

3. variation

4. variety

5. various

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Var ² British  

/ 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)

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VAR ³ British  

abbreviation

1. visual aural range

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var ⁴ British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of VAR

First recorded in 2010–15

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Example Sentences

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From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In southeastern France, firefighters had overnight managed to stem the advance of a fast-moving blaze that started on Friday in the Var region.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

In France, some 2,500 people were evacuated in the south-eastern Var region on Friday evening after a blaze - which had been contained for several days - reignited, local officials said.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

In the southeastern region of Var, however, more than 600 people were forced to flee after a fresh fire erupted in the region nestled along France's Mediterranean coast between the cities of Marseille and Nice.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The image occurred oddly to Var, to whom such a comparison would ordinarily have been totally strange.

From When the Mountain Shook by Robert Abernathy

Joao Felix's deflected strike proved enough to earn victory in Lisbon for the hosts, who also saw Cristiano Ronaldo's effort ruled out by VAR.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Premier League refereeing body Pro Ref's chief Howard Webb has admitted the VAR did not consider whether Fernandez was offside before Haaland turned home the winner.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

"The VAR gets super-focused on Haaland," said Webb, who had already been in contact with Manchester United to share the VAR audio and video.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

A VAR review found Haaland was just onside, and the goal was awarded.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Left in the dark - will fans ever get to hear live VAR audio?

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Various forms of Poeticus var. recurvus, an heirloom that dates to 1796, are some of the latest daffodils to bloom.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2023

While most of small Solomon’s seal is doing just fine in the wild, one of its varieties, Polygonatum biflorum var. melleum, is presumed extinct.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2020

A variegated example, the striped and stately Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus ‘Cosmopolitan’ boasts arching, cream-and-green foliage that reaches upward of 7 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2018

They belong to Ae. tauschii ssp. tauschii var. meyeri.

From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017

Quite variable, several forms being enumerated, as var. spongiòsa, with spongy texture and bladeless submerged leaves, eastward; and westward, var. flùitans, with lance-linear floating leaves.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

Its essential part is a coil of heavy wire that can take var ious shapes, including a cylinder, a doughnut or a flat disk.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cuts include some $8.8 billion in education funds, $13.8 billion in var ious welfare programs, $7.7 billion in energy projects and $1.8 billion in transportation supports.

From Time Magazine Archive

No one relishes the risks involved in the var ious options available to the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our setup was actually designed to act in time of general var like a chicken with its head cut off.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes there is a dark-brown, almost black, spot upon the petals, and when such is the case the plant is called C. Benthami, var.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

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