1 : differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that strives continually to be different"; "this new music is certainly different but I don't really like it"
2 : of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior"
3 : distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of the community"
4 : distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether"
