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inseparable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/
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Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French inséparable, from Latin īnsēparābilis. Constructed as in- + separable.

Meanings

  1. Unable to be separated; bound together permanently.
    • =This detail is one of the reasons which made a single, modern signalbox and the marshalling yard inseparable features in the modernisation of the Perth facilities. A central control point rather than 13 individual boxes, was essential to integrate with other movements the greatly increased flow of freight traffic through the station area. 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 271:
    • In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […] and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 1:
    • People of unalterable ideas still insisted upon calling him "Sergeant" when they met him, which was in some degree owing to his having still retained the well-shaped moustache of his military days, and the soldierly bearing inseparable from his form. 1874, Thomas Hardy, “Coming Home—A Cry”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 99–100:

Forms

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more inseparable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most inseparable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

separable · unannexable · uncombinable

Deriveds

inseparably · inseparableness

Synonyms

unseparable

Translations (43)

es inseparable (unable to be separated) · ca inseparable (unable to be separated) · lv nešķirams (unable to be separated) · cs nerozlučný (unable to be separated) · de untrennbar (unable to be separated) · nl onscheidbaar (unable to be separated) · lv nenodalāms (unable to be separated) · de unzertrennlich (unable to be separated) · el αδιαχώριστος (unable to be separated) · nb uatskillelig (unable to be separated) · it inseparabile (unable to be separated) · pl nierozłączny (unable to be separated) · hy անբաժան (unable to be separated) · pt inseparável (unable to be separated) · et eraldamatu (unable to be separated) · hu elválaszthatatlan (unable to be separated) · be неразлу́чны (unable to be separated) · ast inseparable (unable to be separated) · bg неразделен (unable to be separated) · cs nerozlučitelný (unable to be separated) · eo nedisigebla (unable to be separated) · ja 不可分の (unable to be separated) · is óaðskiljanlegar (unable to be separated) · hi अभिन्न (unable to be separated) · uk невідді́льний (unable to be separated) · uk нерозлу́чний (unable to be separated) · fi erottamaton (unable to be separated) · gl inseparable (unable to be separated) · mk неразделив (unable to be separated) · sv oskiljaktig (unable to be separated) · ja 切り離せない (unable to be separated) · ja 分離できない (unable to be separated) · ru неразлу́чный (unable to be separated) · fr inséparable (unable to be separated) · sk nerozlučný (unable to be separated) · ang untōdǣledlīċ (unable to be separated) · el αχώριστος (unable to be separated) · ota ملازم (unable to be separated) · ro inseparabil (unable to be separated) · de unteilbar (unable to be separated) · et lahutamatu (unable to be separated) · be неаддзе́льны (unable to be separated) · ru неотдели́мый (unable to be separated)

inseparable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French inséparable, from Latin īnsēparābilis. Constructed as in- + separable.

Meanings

  1. Something that cannot be separated from something else.
    • Jayanta does so in answering an opponent who declares that the very idea of a relation between two inseparables is self-contradictory. How can inseparability and relation be reconciled? 2002, Brian Carr, Indira Mahalingam, Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy, page 129:

Forms

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inseparables Number=Plur lexicographic