inseparable

UK/inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/US/inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/

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Inseparable means impossible to part from one another. Inseparable friends, the two are inseparable, inseparable from the question.

Of people it is affectionate and slightly exaggerated. Of ideas it is an argument: saying two things are inseparable claims you cannot discuss one without the other, which is a strong move and usually the point being made.

Definitions of inseparable

1adjectiveinseparableImpossible to part from one another.B2+
“The two girls met on the first day of school and have been inseparable ever since.”

inseparable is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin inseparabilis, in-, not, plus separare, to separate — se, apart, plus parare, to prepare.

Latin
īnsēparābilis
Middle French
inséparable
English, today
inseparable

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

inseparable in the wild

An extension that is not separable is said to be inseparable.
Separable extension
Purely inseparable extensions are sometimes called radicial extensions, which should not be confused with the similar-sounding but more general notion of radical extensions.
Purely inseparable extension
The military history of ancient Rome is inseparable from its political system, based from an early date upon competition within the ruling elite.
Military history of ancient Rome
But, my good friend, is the abuse of every thing that is agreeable to the senses inseparable from the enjoyment of it?
Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters· Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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