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See also: dispárate
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French desparat, from Latin disparātus, past participle of disparō (“to divide”), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to make equal”), from par (“equal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/, /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/[1]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/, /dɪˈspɛɹət/, /dɪˈspæɹət/[2]
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective[edit]
disparate (comparative more disparate, superlative most disparate)
- Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
- The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 269:
- The London Transport Museum was established, from disparate collections, at Covent Garden in 1980.
- Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs
- Utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common ground.
- 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error:
- Then disparate sense impressions come to disparate organs, as light to the eye, taste to the mouth, etc.
- 1912, Bertrand Russell, The Philosophy of Bergson:
- M. Bergson’s philosophy, unlike most of the systems of the past, is dualistic: the world, for him, is divided into two disparate portions, on the one hand life, on the other matter, or rather that inert something which the intellect views as matter.
Synonyms[edit]
- (composed of distinct elements): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated
- (markedly different): different, dissimilar, unalike
- (incapable of being compared): incommensurable
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
composed of inherently different elements
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References[edit]
- ^ Longman Exams Dictionary
- ^ Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Further reading[edit]
- disparate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- disparate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Noun[edit]
disparate (plural disparates)
- (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin disparātus, past participle of to divide, from dis- (“apart”) + to make equal, from par (“equal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
disparate (plural disparates)
Further reading[edit]
- “disparate” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
disparate
- inflection of disparat:
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
disparate
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
disparāte
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from disparatar or from Spanish disparate.
Noun[edit]
disparate m (plural disparates)
- nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
- Great amount; a lot
- O povo recebia um disparate de turistas no verão.
- The town was deluged with tourists in summer.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From disparatar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
disparate m (plural disparates)
- nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
- 2010, Alberto Lema, Iris Cochón, transl., Sidecar, Caballo de Troya (Random House):
- — […] Y todo ese disparate sobre la supuesta infinitud de las personas; cuanto más sabes más quieres saber, más sabes que no sabes, etc.; es una estupidez.
- And all that hogwash about the supposed infinity of people; the more you know the more you want to know, the more you know that you don't know, etc.; it's all silliness.
- Synonym: dislate
- a great amount; a lot
- crazy idea
Further reading[edit]
- “disparate” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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