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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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