MEANING
1. So closely connected that they cannot be separated or adequately considered independently.
2. Such close friends or companions that they spend most of their time together.
Use it for
explaining why two aspects must be analyzed together; questioning an artificial separation of related processes; describing a relationship that resists independent interpretationMarks a strong connection without confusing analytical difficulty with proof of causal necessity. Academic functions: Qualification / Uncertainty, Analysis / Interpretation.
Words that belong together
- inseparable from the context
- inseparable aspects
- inseparable relationship
On the page
The critic argues that the work’s form is inseparable from its account of social status.
The analysis treats the institutional and financial changes as inseparable for the purposes of this explanation.
The novel portrays the school friends as inseparable before their ambitions diverge.
The memoir’s description of the pair as inseparable emphasizes companionship rather than literal inability to live apart.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- inseparable
Usage notes
Adjective: inseparable from; inseparable friends. The cannot-be-separated sense is normally non-gradable; so closely linked is clearer when discussing degree. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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