1 : 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"
2 : having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition"
3 : distinctly dissimilar or unlike; "celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan"; "animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth"
4 : considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed"
