adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a varied diet (= including many different foods )
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Provide your fish with a varied diet of worms, insects, and dried food.
a varied selection
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The supermarket has a varied selection of fruit juice drinks especially for children.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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That might be some guarantee of bigger, better, more varied and more daring programming.
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This will be considered against the background of the much more varied and competitive broadcasting environment which our policies have created.
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At the regional scale a much more varied picture of bus services emerges.
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Video helps us provide a richer and more varied language environment within which learning can take place.
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The much more varied and extensive evidence for Charles's control of the coinage has important implications for both government and economy.
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The less standardised section is used to elicit information more varied and qualitative in character.
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In addition, wider and more varied forms of higher education opportunity must be devised to enable the expansion needed.
most
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The Metropolitan's 33,000 textiles constitute one of the largest and most varied collections in the world.
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They contain the richest and the most varied assemblage of animal and plant life to be found anywhere on earth.
very
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Because of my very varied upbringing I have found that I have never been able to analyse the political effects of any discrimination.
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Many fossil distributions, of very varied ages, imply remarkably uniform conditions over a wide part of the earth's surface.
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Molluscs Molluscs belong to the largest phylum in the animal kingdom and are a very varied group of animals.
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Pilots who were selected for the early courses were from very varied backgrounds.
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I have tried to give an indication of the very varied actual pattern of enrolment in schools.
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The Great Forest is an ancient, vast and very varied woodland.
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The delays are very varied and multiple repeats stay true to the original tone, as do the chorus and pitch-shifted sounds.
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A flexible array of services is called for that can meet the very varied needs of different groups of the mentally ill.
■ NOUN
career
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John Piper died yesterday at the age of 88, after a hugely varied career as an artist.
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Already my father had had an interesting and varied career .
collection
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Dwarfs and miniatures are becoming increasingly popular as you can grow a large, varied collection in quite a small space.
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The Metropolitan's 33,000 textiles constitute one of the largest and most varied collections in the world.
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Trains are operated on almost an hourly basis throughout the day, using a variety of locomotives from their varied collection .
diet
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Feed a varied diet which includes plenty of earthworms, prawns, mussels, fish and heart.
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Once again you can appreciate how important it is to have a mixed and varied diet .
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Mollies grow well on a varied diet .
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They are well fed, on a varied diet .
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While this is taking place they should be given plenty of nourishing food and a varied diet .
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Clean drinking water is supplied and this is as important as a varied diet to encourage birds to the garden.
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A varied diet of earthworms, aquatic insects, shrimps, small fish and tablet foods will keep it in good health.
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A good varied diet and suitable water conditions are essential to make the best of this beautiful fish.
form
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He would attack ugliness in all its many and varied forms , whether objects, behaviour or ideas.
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This month's gallery concentrates on the varied forms of Loricarid catfish.
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In addition, wider and more varied forms of higher education opportunity must be devised to enable the expansion needed.
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Since then, several shapes have been introduced in many varied forms of decorative treatments.
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Estimates of the number of people who were killed by the military varied form several hundred to several thousand.
programme
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An expected attendance of around 100 and an interesting, varied programme planned.
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The varied programme included a breathing session by Ruth Rolph.
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Ample opportunities for many activities plus a varied programme of guided walks and events.
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The World's leading orchestras, together with jazz, folk and ethnic music all feature in Symphony Hall's varied programme .
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She will entertain with a fascinatingly varied programme of songs, both traditional and modern, with piano and flute accompaniment.
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An exciting and varied programme of forty-two special-interest holidays both overseas and within Britain has been designed exclusively for the National Trust.
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The comic opera of Gilbert and Sullivan is a regular feature on the Alexandra's varied programme .
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Throughout the year, the city hosts a varied programme of major festivals.
range
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Surprisingly practical yet loads of fun, with a sound which suits a varied range of styles.
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Fourthly are the fragments of evidence that allow relative and absolute dating to be undertaken by an increasingly varied range of techniques.
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Publishers today have provided teachers of history with a wide and varied range of books for class use.
selection
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Many departments buy a varied selection of relevant books and source material and use these alongside teacher-produced resources.
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Good choice of wines, varied selection of blended and malt whiskies.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Grain products, vegetables, and fruit are important parts of a varied diet.
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He had a varied and outstanding career.
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Sandra's circle of friends was varied , and often a little strange.
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The rhythm of the poem is varied .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As far as you could see there was a great undulating cushion of varied greenery, mile upon mile of leaves.
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Finally Brooks of Clapham included a varied and most interesting collection of aviation memorabilia in their sale on September 15.
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The authors endeavour to obtain specimens from as varied sources as possible.
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The lively and varied entertainments programme and excellent facilities are tailored to the needs of these students.
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With continually varied climbing it proves interesting and improbable to the last.