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apart

[ uh-pahrt ]

adverb

  1. into pieces or parts; to pieces:

    to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.

  2. separately in place, time, motion, etc.:

    New York and Tokyo are thousands of miles apart. Our birthdays are three days apart.

  3. 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.

  4. separately or individually in consideration:

    each factor viewed apart from the others.

  5. aside (used with a gerund or noun):

    Joking apart, what do you think?



adjective

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

    a class apart.

verb phrase

    1. to disassemble:

      to take a clock apart.

    2. Informal. to criticize; attack:

      She was taken apart for her controversial stand.

    3. to subject to intense examination:

      He will take your feeble excuses apart.

apart

/ əˈpɑːt /

adjective

  1. to pieces or in pieces

    he had the television apart on the floor

  2. placed or kept separately or to one side for a particular purpose, reason, etc; aside (esp in the phrases set or put apart )
  3. separate in time, place, or position; at a distance

    two points three feet apart

    he stood apart from the group

  4. not being taken into account; aside

    these difficulties apart, the project ran smoothly

  5. individual; distinct; separate

    a race apart

  6. separately or independently in use, thought, or function

    considered apart, his reasoning was faulty

  7. apart from
    preposition besides; other than
“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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Other Words From

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Word History and Origins

Origin of apart1

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

Origin of apart1

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

Idioms
  1. apart from, aside from; in addition to:

    Apart from other considerations, time is a factor.

More idioms and phrases containing apart

In addition to the idiom beginning with apart , also see come apart ; fall apart ; pick apart ; poles apart ; set apart ; take apart ; tear apart ; tell apart .
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Example Sentences

Then, the brain tissue was instantly frozen and split apart into two halves.

“So many memorials you see across the country share common elements like a ribbon or whatnot. This stands apart from those others. I think that speaks well for Palm Springs. It’s a unique community.”

A test case was created using two stations roughly 30 kilometres apart.

But the tough carbon-fluorine bonds in the compounds resist being torn apart, leading to expensive remediation schemes that rely on powerful chemicals and high temperatures and pressures.

"They’ve already been through so much — and each time it happens, it kind of rips apart an old wound," he said of his clients.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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