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
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.
• (in a state of separation): independently, separately; see also individually
• (in or into two or more parts): asunder, in twain; see also asunder
• together
apart
(following its objective complement) Apart from.
• bar, except for; see also except
apart (not comparable)
(Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.
Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
apart
Misspelling of a part.
• 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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
