English

Adjective

disparate ‎(comparative more disparate, superlative most disparate)

1. Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

   The board of the company was decidedly disparate – no two members from the same social or economic background.

2. Essentially different; of different species, unlike but not opposed in pairs; also, less properly, utterly unlike; incapable of being compared; having no common genus.
   • 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 Russel, 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

• (composed of distinct elements): incongruous, mismatched, uncoordinated
• (markedly different): different, dissimilar, unalike

Translations

References

1. ↑ Longman Exams Dictionary
2. ↑ Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Related terms

• dispair
• disparately
• disparateness
• disparity

External links

• disparate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• disparate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Noun

disparate ‎(plural disparates)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Any of a group of unequal or dissimilar things.

Anagrams

• aspirated

French

Etymology

From Latin disparātus, past participle of to divide, from dis- ‎(“apart”) + to make equal, from par ‎(“equal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dispaʁat/

Adjective

disparate m, f ‎(plural disparates)

1. disparate; incongruous

Italian

Adjective

disparate

1. feminine plural of disparato

Anagrams

• derapasti
• disperata

Latin

Verb

disparāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of disparō

Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from disparatar or from Spanish disparate.

Noun

disparate m (plural disparates)

1. nonsense (meaningless words or actions)

   Você fala um disparate, meu amigo.‎

   You speak nonsense, my friend.

2. Great amount; a lot

   O povo recebia um disparate de turistas no verão.‎

   The town was deluged with tourists in summer.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.paˈɾa.te/

Noun

disparate m ‎(plural disparates)

1. nonsense (meaningless words or actions)
2. a great amount; a lot
3. crazy idea

Related terms

• disparatar
• disparar