"inseparable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/ Audio: En-us-inseparable.ogg Forms: more inseparable [comparative], most inseparable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French inséparable, from Latin īnsēparābilis. Constructed as in- + separable. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|frm|inséparable}} Middle French inséparable, {{der|en|la|īnsēparābilis}} Latin īnsēparābilis, {{prefix|en|in|separable}} in- + separable Head templates: {{en-adj}} inseparable (comparative more inseparable, superlative most inseparable)
  1. Unable to be separated; bound together permanently. Synonyms: unseparable Translations (unable to be separated): անբաժան (anbažan) (Armenian), inseparable (Asturian), неаддзе́льны (njeaddzjélʹny) (Belarusian), неразлу́чны (njerazlúčny) (note: of couples, friends) [usually] (Belarusian), неразделен (nerazdelen) (Bulgarian), inseparable (Catalan), onscheidbaar (Dutch), nedisigebla (Esperanto), lahutamatu (Estonian), eraldamatu (Estonian), erottamaton (Finnish), inséparable (French), inseparable (Galician), untrennbar (German), unteilbar (German), unzertrennlich (German), αχώριστος (achóristos) (Greek), αδιαχώριστος (adiachóristos) (Greek), óaðskiljanlegar (Icelandic), inseparabile (Italian), 切り離せない (kirihanasenai) (Japanese), 分離できない (bunri dekinai) (Japanese), 不可分の (fukabun no) (Japanese), nenodalāms (Latvian), nešķirams (english: f.e. friends) (Latvian), неразделив (nerazdeliv) (Macedonian), uatskillelig (Norwegian Bokmål), untōdǣledlīċ (Old English), inseparável (Portuguese), inseparabil (Romanian), неотдели́мый (neotdelímyj) (Russian), неразлу́чный (nerazlúčnyj) (note: of couples, friends) [usually] (Russian), nerozlučný (Slovak), inseparable (Spanish), oskiljaktig (Swedish), невідді́льний (neviddílʹnyj) (Ukrainian), нерозлу́чний (nerozlúčnyj) (note: of couples, friends) [usually] (Ukrainian)
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Noun

IPA: /inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/ Audio: En-us-inseparable.ogg Forms: inseparables [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French inséparable, from Latin īnsēparābilis. Constructed as in- + separable. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|frm|inséparable}} Middle French inséparable, {{der|en|la|īnsēparābilis}} Latin īnsēparābilis, {{prefix|en|in|separable}} in- + separable Head templates: {{en-noun}} inseparable (plural inseparables)
  1. Something that cannot be separated from something else.
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "=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.",
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      "word": "անբաժան"
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      "sense": "unable to be separated",
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "unable to be separated",
      "word": "erottamaton"
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      "sense": "unable to be separated",
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      "sense": "unable to be separated",
      "word": "untrennbar"
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      "word": "αχώριστος"
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      "note": "níl dul idir (of people; lit. \"there is no going between\")",
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      "sense": "unable to be separated",
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      "sense": "unable to be separated",
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      "sense": "unable to be separated",
      "word": "oskiljaktig"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "neviddílʹnyj",
      "sense": "unable to be separated",
      "word": "невідді́льний"
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          "text": "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?",
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