disparate
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 arrange”), ultimately from PIE *dwóh₁ (“two”) and *per- (“carry forth”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/, /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹɪt/[1]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/, /dɪˈspæɹət/, /dɪˈspɛɹət/[2]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: (US) -æɹət, (US) -ɛɹət
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.
- 2023 February 8, Tony Streeter, “Kirkdale: home to Merseyrail's new '777s'”, in RAIL, number 976, page 36:
- Although third-rail operation in the region dates back more than a century, it was in the 1970s that tunnels under Liverpool's city centre opened to bring together previously disparate routes.
- 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, →OCLC.
- “disparate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from disparatar or borrowed from Spanish disparate.
Noun edit
disparate m (plural disparates)
- nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
- a great amount; a lot
- O povo recebia um disparate de turistas no verão.
- The town was deluged with tourists in summer.
- (literally, “The town received a great amount of tourists in the summer.”)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
disparate
- inflection of disparatar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from disparatar.
Noun edit
disparate m (plural disparates)
- nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
- Synonym: dislate
- (Can we date this quote?), Don Quijote:
- — […] Y no me amaño a dejarle, por más disparates que haga.
- and I can't leave him, no matter how many mistakes he makes.
- 2010, Alberto Lema, translated by Iris Cochón, 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.
- a great amount; a lot
- crazy idea
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
disparate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of disparar combined with te
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
disparate
- inflection of disparatar:
Further reading edit
- “disparate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014