disparate
See also: dispárate
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editdisparate (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
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editcomposed of inherently different elements
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See also
edit- desperate (not to be confused)
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
editdisparate (plural disparates)
- (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin disparātus, past participle of disparō (“to divide”), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to make equal”), from par (“equal”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /dis.pa.ʁat/
Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Adjective
editdisparate (plural disparates)
Further reading
edit- “disparate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editdisparate
- inflection of disparat:
Italian
editAdjective
editdisparate
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editdisparāte
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
Etymology 1
editDeverbal from disparatar or borrowed from Spanish disparate.
Noun
editdisparate m (plural disparates)
- nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
- Synonyms: asneira, contrassenso, desconchavo, despautério, dislate, tolice
- Você fala um disparate, meu amigo.
- You speak nonsense, my friend.
- 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
editVerb
editdisparate
- inflection of disparatar:
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editDeverbal from disparatar.
Noun
editdisparate 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
editVerb
editdisparate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of disparar combined with te
Etymology 3
editVerb
editdisparate
- inflection of disparatar:
Further reading
edit- “disparate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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