variety show
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3.4
- noun
- /vəˈraɪəti ʃoʊ/
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espectáculo de variedades
- Quickstock is a geek variety show that Wil Wheaton and Paul and Storm and I have been putting on for four years.
- variety show and comedy
- television variety show
- live variety show
But it was a variety show of talk and entertainment.
- But it was a variety show of talk and entertainment.
- I did sort of like there was a variety show at The Note.
- You know him from his famed movies, Encino Man, and his podcast variety show on YouTube, the PMS Podcast.
- I got one of my special material writers for my old variety show, Artie Melvin, to come up with a song.
- And I can't imagine a better narcissism variety show ever being this good again.
Examples
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We all worked hard to make it the best Senior Variety Show ever.
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Welcome to everyone's favorite variety show, the Gotham Palace.
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Throughout high school and college, we had variety shows and events with cool names.
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But it was a variety show of talk and entertainment.
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See you tonight on everyone's favorite variety show.
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The United Service Organizations produced a variety show that toured several times a year in the Far East.
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The Saja Boys have gone completely viral after that variety show.
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So he gave me a part in his variety show and I came out and I'm singing this song and the audience is hysterical.
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It was a variety show in which the talent was singing, dancing, telling jokes, doing skits.
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The talent competition included a lively variety show featuring singers, dancers, and comedians.
Synonyms
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1.0
An event like a play or concert that people watch
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4.8
An entertainment show with many different acts like songs and comedy
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9.5
A live show with many short acts like songs and comedy
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2.1
A set of live performances like music or dance for an audience
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8.6
A stage show of short songs, dances and comedy sketches that often makes fun of current events
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4.2
Live music, dance, or comedy acts in clubs and restaurants
How Varied
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'variety' (a range or assortment of different things) + 'show' (a staged event); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a show made up of different acts. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g., 'espectáculo de variedades', 'spectacle de variétés'), so the expression is transparently interpretable.
Etymology
Variety show comes from old stage entertainment where a variety, many different kinds, of short acts like singers, dancers, comedians and magicians were put into one show. That's why it means 'a program made of several different short, unrelated performances'.