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Definition: DISPARITIES |
DISPARITIESPlural1. Of Disparity |
Date "DISPARITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
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Health | Government at all levels is looking for methods to reduce its obligations for supporting care. If responsibility for LTC under Medicaid becomes primarily a State-directed program, the disparities that already exist among States will likely increase. (references) | |
Business | Historical factors, cultural differences, and economic disparities add further intricacy to the relationship. (references) | |
China faces growing problems, including state enterprise reform, unemployment, underemployment, and regional economic disparities. (references) | ||
The central government acknowledges that growing unemployment as well as interregional and intra regional income disparities are serous concerns. (references) | ||
Children | India | There is serious concern regarding the striking disparities in terms of access to education, attendance at primary and secondary levels and drop-out rates between: different states, rural and urban areas, boys and girls, the affluent and the poor, and children belonging to scheduled castes and tribes." Child welfare organizations estimate that there are 500,000 street children nationwide living in abject poverty. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Philippines | Leaders in both Christian and Muslim communities contend that economic disparities and ethnic tensions, more than religious differences, are at the root of the modern separatist movement that emerged in the early 1970's. Intermittent government efforts to integrate Muslims into political and economic society have achieved only limited success to date. (references) |
Economic History | Brazil | Illiteracy also exhibits regional disparities. (references) |
Human Rights | South Africa | The report showed that there remained disparities in the application of the sentencing guidelines, mostly at the regional level. (references) |
Indigenous People | New Zealand | Maori officials continued to express concern over the Government's announcement in November 2000 that it would shift its Closing the Gaps strategy to address socioeconomic disparities rather than race-based disparities. (references) |
Minorities | Brazil | Education plays a significant role in perpetuating these disparities. (references) |
Political Economy | New Zealand | Disparities in wealth are small but increasing. (references) |
HUNGARY | Regional disparities in economic growth, income and employment exist in Hungary. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | Severe disparities of income have emerged that are attributed partly to patronage and corruption. (references) | |
Women | Denmark | Women's rights groups lobby the Government on matters of concern, such as wage disparities and parental leave. (references) |
Eritrea | In practice males retain privileged access to education, employment, and control of economic resources, with more disparities in rural areas than in cities. (references) | |
Japan | However, in August the Tokyo District High Court ruled against conventional wage compensation assessment methods that used exisiting gender income disparities to determine future earnings potential in the case of minors. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DISPARITIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DISPARITIES" is used about 177 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 177 | 23,322 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "DISPARITIES": structural disparities. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "DISPARITIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 差距 (Disparity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | de strukturelle og naturbetingede forskelle (the structural and natural disparities), regionale forskelle (regional disparities), geografiske og socioøkonomiske forskelle (geographical and socio-economic disparities), forskelle mellem udviklingsniveauer (disparities between the levels of development), forskelle i eksisterende internationale juridiske bestemmelser,der regulerer gensidig jernbanetransport af passagerer og varer (disparities in existing international legal provisions governing the reciprocal railway transport of passengers and goods), erklaerer sig for fjernelsen af uligheder,som skyldes juridiske bestemmelser (to be in favour of the elimination of disparities arising from the legal provisions), at reducere skævhederne mellem de forskellige regioner (reduction of disparities between the various regions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | de verschillen in de bestaande internationale wettelijke bepalingen, welke het onderlinge vervoer van reizigers en goederen per spoor beheersen (disparities in existing international legal provisions governing the reciprocal railway transport of passengers and goods), de structurele en natuurlijke ongelijkheid (the structural and natural disparities), zich uitspreken voor het wegnemen van de verschillen voortvloeiend uit de wettelijke bepalingen (to be in favour of the elimination of disparities arising from the legal provisions), verschillen tussen de ontwikkelingsniveaus (disparities between the levels of development), vermindering van de ongelijkheden tussen de regio's (reduction of disparities between the various regions), verkleinen van de verschillen tussen de regio's (reduction of disparities between the various regions), regionale verschillen (regional disparities), regionale ongelijkheden (regional disparities), geografische en sociaal-economische verschillen (geographical and socio-economic disparities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | disparités régionales (regional disparities), disparités géographiques et socio-économiques (geographical and socio-economic disparities), se prononcer en faveur de l'élimination des disparités des régimes juridiques (to be in favour of the elimination of disparities arising from the legal provisions), réduction des disparités régionales (reduction of disparities between the various regions), les disparités structurelles et naturelles (the structural and natural disparities), les disparités des dispositions juridiques internationales existantes régissant le transport ferroviaire réciproque de voyageurs et de marchandises (disparities in existing international legal provisions governing the reciprocal railway transport of passengers and goods), en particulier, les efforts faits pour réduire l'inflation et les disparités dans l'évolution des coûts et des prix entre les pays doivent se poursuivre (the efforts to reduce inflation and disparities in cost and price trends between the individual countries must be continued), élimination des disparités (eliminating disparities), écart entre les niveaux de développement (disparities between the levels of development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verschiedenheiten (differentnesses, diversities, varieties, variousnesses), Ungleichheiten (inequalities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γεωγραφικές και κοινωνικοοικονομικές ανισότητες (geographical and socio-economic disparities), περιφερειακές ανισότητες (regional disparities, regional imbalances), οι διαρθρωτικές και φυσικές ανισότητες (the structural and natural disparities), διαρθρωτικέσ ανισότητεσ (structural disparities), διαφορές μεταξύ των επιπέδων ανάπτυξης (disparities between the levels of development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | divario tra i livelli di sviluppo (disparities between the levels of development), disparit regionali (regional disparities), disparit geografiche e socio-economiche (geographical and socio-economic disparities), riduzione delle disparit tra le varie regioni (reduction of disparities between the various regions), pronunciarsi in favore dell'eliminazione delle disparit derivanti dalle disposizioni di legge (to be in favour of the elimination of disparities arising from the legal provisions), le disparit strutturali e naturali (the structural and natural disparities), le disparit delle disposizioni internazionali legali vigenti che regolano il traffico ferroviario reciproco delle persone e delle merci (disparities in existing international legal provisions governing the reciprocal railway transport of passengers and goods). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 격차 (Disparity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isparitiesday disparidades económicas e sociais (geographical and socio-economic disparities), disparidade entre os níveis de desenvolvimento (disparities between the levels of development), diferenças regionais (regional disparities), redução das disparidades regionais (reduction of disparities between the various regions), as disparidades estruturais e naturais (the structural and natural disparities). (various references) disparidades regionales (regional disparities), disparidades geográficas y socioeconómicas (geographical and socio-economic disparities), diferencias entre los niveles de desarrollo (disparities between the levels of development), reducción de las disparidades regionales (reduction of disparities between the various regions), pronunciarse en favor de la eliminación de las disparidades entre los regímenes jurídicos (to be in favour of the elimination of disparities arising from the legal provisions), las disparidades en los regímenes jurídicos internacionales existentes que rigen el transporte reciproco de viajeros y mercancías por ferrocarril (disparities in existing international legal provisions governing the reciprocal railway transport of passengers and goods), las desigualdades estructurales y naturales (the structural and natural disparities). (various references) strukturella och naturbetingade olikheter (the structural and natural disparities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"DISPARITIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bizarrities, despartie, Disparition. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DISPARITIES" (pronounced di'spe"rutēz) |
| 7 | -p e" r u t ē z | parities. |
| 6 | -e" r u t ē z | charities, irregularities, peculiarities, rarities, similarities, unfamiliarities, verities. |
| 5 | -r u t ē z | authorities, celebrities, impurities, insecurities, majorities, maturities, minorities, priorities, securities, sororities. |
| 4 | -u t ē z | abilities, abnormalities, absurdities, activities, affinities, ambiguities, amenities, animosities, annuities, antiquities, anxieties, atrocities, availabilities, banalities, brutalities, calamities, capabilities, capacities, causalities, cavities, commodities, commonalities, communities, complexities, curiosities, deformities, deities, densities, deputies, disabilities, disability, divinities, eccentricities, enmities, entities, equities, extremities, facilities, fatalities, festivities, fidelities, formalities, fraternities, generalities, gratuities, hostilities, humanities, humanity, identities, illegalities, immunities, improprieties, indemnities, indignities, inequalities, inequities, infidelities, infirmities, instabilities, intensities, legalities, liabilities, liquidities, localities, modalities, municipalities, nationalities, necessities, niceties, obscenities, oddities, opportunities, personalities, pieties, possibilities, principalities, probabilities, proclivities, propensities, qualities, quantities, realities, responsibilities, rigidities, sensibilities, sensitivities, societies, technicalities, tonalities, universities, utilities, vanities, varieties, velocities, vulnerabilities. |
| 3 | -t ē z | amnesties, Antes, beauties, booties, bounties, casualties, certainties, christies, cities, committees, counties, cruelties, diabetes, difficulties, ditties, duties, dynasties, eighties, empties, entreaties, faculties, fatties, fifties, forties, frailties, lefties, liberties, loyalties, Montes, nineties, novelties, panties, parties, patties, penalties, pretties, properties, royalties, seventies, shanties, sixties, sorties, specialities, specialties, subcommittees, subtleties, thirties, travesties, treaties, twenties, uncertainties, vigilantes, warranties, zlotys. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-i-p-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: dissipater, rapidities, sapidities. | |
-2 letters: aridities, dispirits, dispraise, dissipate, patissier, satirised. | |
-3 letters: despairs, diarists, diasters, disaster, disparts, dispirit, disrates, epitasis, iritises, parities, pastries, piasters, piastres, presidia, rapidest, raspiest, riptides, satirise, spiriest, spirited, tiderips, traipsed, traipses. | |
-4 letters: airiest, apsides, aridest, aspired, aspires, astride, dairies, daisies, departs, despair, diapers, diapirs, diaries, diarist, diaster, diptera, dirties, dispart, disrate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-i-p-r-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: parasiticides, stipendiaries. | |
+4 letters: despiritualizes, repudiationists, spreadabilities. | |
+5 letters: disciplinarities, prestidigitators. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 49 53 50 41 52 49 54 49 45 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... .--. .- .-. .. - .. . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001001 01010011 01010000 01000001 01010010 01001001 01010100 01001001 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D I S P A R I T I E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0049 0053 0050 0041 0052 0049 0054 0049 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3843535035524354433953 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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