disparity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈspɛɹɪti/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
- [dɪˈspɛɹɪɾi] General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
- [dɪˈspæɹɪɾi] (Australia)
- [dɪˈspæɹɾi] (Australia)
- [dɪˈspæɹɾi] (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /dɪˈpeɹəti/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger, weak vowel merger
- /dɪˈspæɹɪti/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- [dɪˈspæɹti] (UK)
- audio Brisbane
- [dɪˈspɛɹɾi] General American, Mary–marry–merry merger, weak vowel merger
- /dɪˈspɛɹəti/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger, weak vowel merger
- /dɪˈspæɹəti/ (General-American) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
- /dɪˈspæɹəti/ (Australia)
- /dɪˈspæɹɪti/ (Australia)
- /dɪˈspæɹɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Midwestern-US) audio
- /dɪˈspæɹəti/ (UK)
- /dɪˈspeɹɪti/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
Etymology
From Middle French disparité, from Latin disparitātem, accusative of disparitās, from dispār + -tās, from dis- + pār. By surface analysis, dis- + parity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.
There was a disparity of view over the use of diesel or electric motive power for the route south of Crewe, and the Prime Minister even felt a modern design of steam locomotives would be the best solution.
2020 April 8, David Clough, “How the West Coast wiring war was won”, in Rail, page 58:With no great disparity between them in point of years, they were, in every other respect, as unlike and far removed from each other as two men could well be. The one was soft-spoken, delicately made, precise, and elegant; the other, a burly square-built man, negligently dressed, rough and abrupt in manner, stern, and, in his present mood, forbidding both in look and speech.
1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 12.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 301:
- (countable) Incongruity.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disparities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (37)
fa نابرابری (the state of being unequal; difference) · ru нера́венство (the state of being unequal; difference) · bg несъразмерност (incongruity) · bg несъответствие (incongruity) · ca disparitat (the state of being unequal; difference) · pl różnica (the state of being unequal; difference) · pl rozrzut (the state of being unequal; difference) · de Differenz (the state of being unequal; difference) · ru разли́чие (the state of being unequal; difference) · es disparidad (the state of being unequal; difference) · de Unterschied (the state of being unequal; difference) · fi erilaisuus (the state of being unequal; difference) · de Disparität (the state of being unequal; difference) · pl rozstrzał (the state of being unequal; difference) · ru несоотве́тствие (incongruity) · de Unvereinbarkeit (incongruity) · sv ojämlikhet (the state of being unequal; difference) · nl onevenredigheid (the state of being unequal; difference) · uk невідпові́дність (incongruity) · nl ongelijkheid (the state of being unequal; difference) · pl nierówność (the state of being unequal; difference) · uk нері́вність (the state of being unequal; difference) · bg разлика (the state of being unequal; difference) · fr disparité (the state of being unequal; difference) · pt disparidade (the state of being unequal; difference) · de Ungleichheit (incongruity) · uz tafovut (the state of being unequal; difference) · bg неравенство (the state of being unequal; difference) · pl nierównowaga (the state of being unequal; difference) · de Unterschiedlichkeit (the state of being unequal; difference) · ru несоразме́рность (incongruity) · fi eroavuus (the state of being unequal; difference) · uk розбі́жність (incongruity) · uk різни́ця (the state of being unequal; difference) · pl rozbieżność (the state of being unequal; difference) · hi विषमता (the state of being unequal; difference) · de Ungleichheit (the state of being unequal; difference)