apart
adv.
separately; aside; into pieces
prep.
besides, but, excluding
apart
Adjective
1. remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"
(synonym) apart(p), isolated, obscure
(similar) unconnected
2. not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated"
(synonym) apart(p), separate, separated
(similar) divided
3. having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush
(synonym) apart(p)
(similar) separate
Adverb
1. 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"
2. not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"
(synonym) aside
3. away from another or others; "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart"
4. 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"
(synonym) aside
5. one from the other; "people can't tell the twins apart"
6. into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder"
(synonym) asunder
apart
adv.
aside, actor's line directed at an audience and apparently not heard by the other actors
apart
adv.
separately, distinctly; differently, unusually; specially, exceptionally
adj.
separate, distinct; different, unusual; special, exceptional
Apart
(adv.)
Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
(adv.)
In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.
(adv.)
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.
(adv.)
Aside; away.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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