Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - variety

(varieties) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something has variety, it consists of things which are different from each other. Susan’s idea of freedom was to have variety in her life style... = diversity N-UNCOUNT 2. A variety of things is a number of different kinds or examples of the same thing. The island offers such a wide variety of scenery and wildlife... People change their mind for a variety of reasons. N-SING: usu N of n 3. A variety of something is a type of it. She has 12 varieties of old-fashioned roses. = kind N-COUNT: oft N of n