how to pronounce variant

/ˈvɛə.ɹi.ənt/

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variant is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of variant in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… planning problems and as a variant of …”

meaning of variant

Variant means different from the usual or normal.

variant frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word variant occurs in english on average 5.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics variant can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that variant can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;