apart

[ uh-pahrt ]

/ əˈpɑrt /

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adverb

into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.

separately in place, time, motion, etc.: New York and Tokyo are thousands of miles apart. Our birthdays are three days apart.

to or at one side, with respect to place, purpose, or function: to put money apart for education; to keep apart from the group out of pride.

separately or individually in consideration: each factor viewed apart from the others.

aside (used with a gerund or noun): Joking apart, what do you think?

adjective

having independent or unique qualities, features, or characteristics; separate (usually used following the noun it modifies): a class apart.

Verb Phrases

take apart,

to disassemble: to take a clock apart.
Informal. to criticize; attack: She was taken apart for her controversial stand.
to subject to intense examination: He will take your feeble excuses apart.

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Idioms about apart

apart from, aside from; in addition to: Apart from other considerations, time is a factor.

Origin of apart

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Old French a part “to one side”; see a-⁵, part

OTHER WORDS FROM apart

a·part·ness, noun

Words nearby apart

Apaporis, aparalytic, aparavidya, aparejo, Aparri, apart, apart from, apartheid, aparthotel, apartment, apartment hotel

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How to use apart in a sentence

The key metric here is the aforementioned heart rate variability, or HRV, and WHOOP’s ability to calculate it sets it apart from other wearable fitness trackers.
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Cities have come apart before when confronted with the outbreak of disease.
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The starting point for that is to break things apart into these different phenomena like energy-harvesting, self-replication, et cetera.
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The new electric Hummer should appeal to those seeking to stand apart from others, Williamson said.
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After it is cast and cooled down, the mold is dropped on a vibrating machine called the shakeout, which breaks the sand apart to reveal the pan.
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The man, Joshua Kemp, told what police describe as “a bogus story that quickly fell apart.”
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Apart from the video, the Saraya Al-Khorasani group has made no official declaration that it is linked to Taghavi.
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Days away from her dream being fulfilled, it all fell apart.
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The carpeting is worn, the furniture is falling apart, and the electricity is out for most of the day.
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What sets him apart from so many of his contemporaries was his rare immunity from the influence of prevailing ideas.
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Moreover, most of the burrows were only a few feet apart and no agonistic behavior was witnessed.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
Not a few of these are extremely beautiful, and are well worth growing on this account, quite apart from their peculiarity.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
He went himself to the kitchen, which was a building apart from the cottages and lying to the rear of the house.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
All Koreans pay great honour to their dead parents, and tablets to their memory are placed in some room set apart for the purpose.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
It has a training value entirely apart‌ from its practical value in that case.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

British Dictionary definitions for apart

apart

/ (əˈpɑːt) /

adjective, adverb (postpositive)

to pieces or in pieceshe had the television apart on the floor

placed or kept separately or to one side for a particular purpose, reason, etc; aside (esp in the phrases set or put apart)

separate in time, place, or position; at a distancehe stood apart from the group; two points three feet apart

not being taken into account; asidethese difficulties apart, the project ran smoothly

individual; distinct; separatea race apart

separately or independently in use, thought, or functionconsidered apart, his reasoning was faulty

apart from (preposition) besides; other than

Word Origin for apart

C14: from Old French a part at (the) side

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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