APART

apart

(adjective) having characteristics not shared by others; “scientists felt they were a group apart”- Vannever Bush

apart, aside

(adverb) not taken into account or excluded from consideration; “these problems apart, the country is doing well”; “all joking aside, I think you’re crazy”

apart, asunder

(adverb) into parts or pieces; “he took his father’s watch apart”; “split apart”; “torn asunder”

apart

(adverb) separated or at a distance in place or position or time; “These towns are many miles apart”; “stood with his legs apart”; “born two years apart”

apart

(adverb) one from the other; “people can’t tell the twins apart”

aside, apart

(adverb) placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; “had a feeling of being set apart”; “quality sets it apart”; “a day set aside for relaxing”

apart

(adverb) away from another or others; “they grew apart over the years”; “kept apart from the group out of shyness”; “decided to live apart”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

apart (comparative more apart, superlative most apart)

Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

separately, exclusively, not together

Aside; away.

In or into two or more parts.

Synonyms

• (in a state of separation): independently, separately; see also individually

• (in or into two or more parts): asunder, in twain; see also asunder

Antonyms

• together

Postposition

apart

(following its objective complement) Apart from.

Synonyms

• bar, except for; see also except

Adjective

apart (not comparable)

(Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.

Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

Noun

apart

Misspelling of a part.

Anagrams

• prata, rap at

Source: Wiktionary


A*part", adv. Etym: [F. Ă  part; (L. ad) + part part. See Part.]

1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside. Others apart sat on a hill retired. Milton. The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. Ps. iv. 3.

2. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart.

3. Aside; away. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness." Jas. i. 21. Let Pleasure go, put Care apart. Keble.

4. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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