"var" meaning in English

See var in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: vars [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} var (countable and uncountable, plural vars)
  1. (programming) Abbreviation of variable. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: variable Categories (topical): Programming
  2. (statistics) Abbreviation of variance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: variance Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-var-en-noun-8qUwxoNp Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  3. (physics) A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-var-en-noun-en:physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. (bodybuilding, slang, uncountable) Clipping of Anavar. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable Alternative form of: Anavar Categories (topical): Bodybuilding, Steroids
    Sense id: en-var-en-noun-vBJkyhR9 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 12 17 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 15 17 48 Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: varmeter

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for var meaning in English (3.9kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "varmeter"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "var (countable and uncountable, plural vars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "variable"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Programming",
          "orig": "en:Programming",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Software engineering",
            "Technology",
            "Computer science",
            "Engineering",
            "Software",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Media",
            "Fundamental",
            "Communication"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of variable."
      ],
      "id": "en-var-en-noun-2bjXD0PE",
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "variable",
          "variable#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) Abbreviation of variable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "variance"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Statistics",
          "orig": "en:Statistics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of variance."
      ],
      "id": "en-var-en-noun-8qUwxoNp",
      "links": [
        [
          "statistics",
          "statistics"
        ],
        [
          "variance",
          "variance#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(statistics) Abbreviation of variance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "en:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere."
      ],
      "id": "en-var-en-noun-en:physics",
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "unit",
          "unit"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "volt",
          "volt"
        ],
        [
          "ampere",
          "ampere"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:physics"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Anavar"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Bodybuilding",
          "orig": "en:Bodybuilding",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Steroids",
          "orig": "en:Steroids",
          "parents": [
            "Organic compounds",
            "Matter",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 12 17 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 15 17 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of Anavar."
      ],
      "id": "en-var-en-noun-vBJkyhR9",
      "links": [
        [
          "bodybuilding",
          "bodybuilding#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Anavar",
          "w:Anavar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(bodybuilding, slang, uncountable) Clipping of Anavar."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bodybuilding",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "var"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English three-letter words",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "varmeter"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "var (countable and uncountable, plural vars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "variable"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of variable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "variable",
          "variable#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) Abbreviation of variable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "variance"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "en:Statistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of variance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statistics",
          "statistics"
        ],
        [
          "variance",
          "variance#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(statistics) Abbreviation of variance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "unit",
          "unit"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "volt",
          "volt"
        ],
        [
          "ampere",
          "ampere"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) A unit of electrical power, in an AC circuit, equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:physics"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Anavar"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings",
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English links with redundant wikilinks",
        "English slang",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Bodybuilding",
        "en:Steroids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of Anavar."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bodybuilding",
          "bodybuilding#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Anavar",
          "w:Anavar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(bodybuilding, slang, uncountable) Clipping of Anavar."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "bodybuilding",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "var"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.