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

Example Sentences

The spot-kick, for a foul on Jeremy Doku by Diego Gomez, was only awarded following a VAR review.

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But West Ham had a second goal from Crysencio Summerville controversially ruled out by VAR for the tightest of offside decisions.

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Forest rubbed salt into West Ham's wounds with a stirring fightback as Nicolas Dominguez equalised before Gibbs-White netted from the spot after another VAR call went the visitors' way.

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West Ham thought they had doubled their advantage in the 51st minute through Summerville's powerful drive, but the goal was disallowed by VAR for a narrow offside call against debutant Valentin Castellanos in the build-up.

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The penalty was awarded after a VAR check and Gibbs-White dusted himself down to drill the spot-kick past Areola, pushing the crest-fallen Nuno to the brink.

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