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Var

1 American  
[var] / var /

noun

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

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.
var. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. variable.

  2. variant.

  3. variation.

  4. variety.

  5. variometer.

  6. various.

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

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To add to Burnley's woes - after the visitors had retaken the lead - Scott Parker's side thought they had earned a stoppage-time point only for Ashley Barnes to have an equaliser ruled out for a debatable handball after a five-minute VAR review.

From BBC

Fans were left waiting for five minutes as VAR attempted to determine whether the ball struck the arm of Barnes in the build-up to his goal.

From BBC

The VAR decision of 'accidental handball' led to Shearer describing the rule as "messed up in every single way".

From BBC

In the Champions League, the VAR will only check for clear and obvious errors relating to goals, incidents in the penalty area, direct red cards and cases of mistaken identity.

From BBC

At present, it will not intervene on yellow cards - so downgrading Kelly's initial dismissal for a second bookable offence was never VAR's intention.

From BBC

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