disparate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdɪspərət/ UK /ˈdɪspərət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
essentially different in kind and not allowing comparison

The committee struggled to reconcile such disparate interests.

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Synonyms

1 adj · essentially different in... different dissimilar divergent distinct contrasting heterogeneous unalike

Opposites

similar alike comparable homogeneous uniform

Word family

Derived forms disparatelydisparateness

Related forms disparity separate prepare compare

Simplified etymology

Disparate entered English in the late Middle Ages. It ultimately goes back to Latin parare, “make ready,” and has the etymological sense “prepared apart.”

Etymology

From Latin disparatus ('separated'), past participle of disparare ('to separate'), from dis- ('apart') + parare ('to prepare, make ready'); sense influenced by dispar ('unequal').

disparare Latin parare Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# disparate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɪspərət/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɪspərət/

## Meanings
1. essentially different in kind and not allowing comparison

## Examples
- The committee struggled to reconcile such disparate interests.

## Synonyms
- different
- dissimilar
- divergent
- distinct
- contrasting
- heterogeneous
- unalike

## Antonyms
- similar
- alike
- comparable
- homogeneous
- uniform

## Derived Forms
- disparately
- disparateness

## Related Forms
- disparity
- separate
- prepare
- compare

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: disparare
- Root: parare

## Etymology
From Latin disparatus ('separated'), past participle of disparare ('to separate'), from dis- ('apart') + parare ('to prepare, make ready'); sense influenced by dispar ('unequal').

## AI Etymology
Disparate is from Latin disparatus ('separated'), past participle of disparare ('to separate'), from dis- ('apart') + parare ('to prepare, make ready'); sense influenced by dispar ('unequal'). Important recorded forms include disparare (Latin) and parare (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers essentially different in kind and not allowing comparison. The wider family includes derived forms such as disparately and disparateness and related words such as disparity, separate, prepare, and compare.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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