Var

¹ American  

[var] / var /

noun

1. a department in SE France. 2,326 sq. mi. (6,025 sq. km). Draguignan.

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VAR ² American  

noun

Soccer.

1. video assistant referee: a system by which a group of officials in a control booth use multiple angles of video footage to review decisions made by officials on the field in real time.

   The guiding principle of VAR in this league is that it should interfere as little as possible.

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var. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. variable.

2. variant.

3. variation.

4. variety.

5. variometer.

6. various.

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var. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. variable

2. variant

3. variation

4. variety

5. various

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Var ² British  

/ var /

noun

1. a department of SE France, in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. Capital: Toulon. Pop: 946 305 (2003 est). Area: 6023 sq km (2349 sq miles)

2. a river in SE France, flowing southeast and south to the Mediterranean near Nice. Length: about 130 km (80 miles)

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VAR ³ British  

abbreviation

1. visual aural range

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var ⁴ British  

/ vɑː /

noun

1. a unit of reactive power of an alternating current, equal to the product of the current measured in amperes and the voltage measured in volts

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Etymology

Origin of VAR

First recorded in 2010–15

Example Sentences

Partners in the license include Equinor as operator with a 31% stake, Petoro with 30%, Harbour Energy with 24.5%, Inpex Idemitsu with 9.6%, and Var Energi with 4.9%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Earlier on Tuesday, France's Education Minister Edouard Geffray said he was heading "immediately" to the school in Sanary-sur-Mer, a coastal area of the Var region.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

While they've since divorced, in 2011 the two rosé lovers found common cause and bought the Domaine Miraval in France's Var region.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024

Searches took place on Monday at Kuzmichev's Paris home and in the Mediterranean Var region as part of the investigation, the office said, confirming a report in French daily Le Monde.

From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2023

My translation follows as closely as may be after the popular version which is sung from the Comtat Venaissin to the Var: Margaret! my first love, Do not say me nay!

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn