adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
call
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I have been variously called a nominalist, an instrumentalist, a positivist, a realist, and several other ists.
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The alchemists observed a stage in the opus which they called variously the leprosy of the metals or the blessed greenness.
describe
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These fundamental rights are variously described and vindicated by a variety of philosophical arguments to which we can not do justice here.
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Major workers in the field have variously described attachment in the parent-infant relationship.
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Many varieties also have a vegetable or fruity overtone, variously described as cucumber or melon.
estimate
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The number of demonstrators in Moscow was estimated variously at between 5,000 and 55,000.
interpret
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The requirements of a ballot before strike action have been variously interpreted by the courts.
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The shift away from isolation has been variously interpreted .
know
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An important trade is concerned with the exploitation of the great grasslands variously known as prairie, pampas, savannah, etc.
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The channels are known variously as the grapevine, gossip and rumour.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All is drawn in variously diluted glaze, and there is increasing use of washes of colour.
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Berger's views relate to a specifically political motivation, variously apparent throughout the novel.
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The constant is the head, variously rendered but always recognisably the same basic structure.
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The important question of the containment of head and shoulders within the frame is dealt with variously .
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The Reagans condemned the book, which was variously believed and disbelieved by critics and insiders.
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They are variously named coaches, carriages or compartments.