vary
If you're tired of the same old breakfast of bran flakes and orange juice, vary your routine—put some banana slices on those bran flakes. You can vary the routine by changing the details but keeping the basics the same.
Use the verb vary when you're talking about changing up your usual routine. If your schedule changes at work, you might have to vary your sleep habits. A good dye job will vary the tints a little to look more natural. The ambiance at Olive Garden varies from restaurant to restaurant, but the unlimited breadsticks are always delicious. You'll probably recognize the root vari, which shows up in other words with similar meanings, like various, variable, and even variegated.
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become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence“The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season”
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alternate, jump
go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
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crackle
to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks
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modulate
vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves)
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avianise, avianize
to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo
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move
go or proceed from one point to another
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accommodate, adapt
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
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let out, widen
make (clothes) larger
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take in
make (clothes) smaller
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branch out, broaden, diversify
vary in order to spread risk or to expand
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diversify, radiate
spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
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narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize
become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
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honeycomb
make full of cavities, like a honeycomb
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break
vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
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step
move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation
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scroll
move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen
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adjust
make correspondent or conformable
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gear, pitch
set the level or character of
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fit
insert or adjust several objects or people
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anglicise, anglicize
make English in appearance
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shoehorn
fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited
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orient, tailor
adjust to a specific need or market
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domesticate, tame
make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
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cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
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Christianise, Christianize
adapt in the name of Christianity
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naturalise, naturalize
adopt to another place
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overspecialise, overspecialize
become overly specialized
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electrify, wire
equip for use with electricity
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transcribe
rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
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lapse, pass, sink
pass into a specified state or condition
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repurpose
adapt for a new use or format
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be subject to change in accordance with a variable
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make something more diverse and varied
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be at variance with; be out of line with
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