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Meaning of 'Apart' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Apart [ adv.]
- Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
- 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.
- Aside; away.
- In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

Meaning of 'Apart' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . apart [ r]
Meaning (1):
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
Example in sentence:
  • a day set aside for relaxing;
  • had a feeling of being set apart;
  • quality sets it apart
Meaning (2):
- not taken into account or excluded from consideration
Example in sentence:
  • all joking aside, I think you're crazy;
  • these problems apart, the country is doing well
Meaning (3):
- separated or at a distance in place or position or time
Example in sentence:
  • born two years apart;
  • stood with his legs apart;
  • These towns are many miles apart
Meaning (4):
- away from another or others
Example in sentence:
  • decided to live apart;
  • kept apart from the group out of shyness;
  • they grew apart over the years
Meaning (5):
- into parts or pieces
Example in sentence:
  • he took his father's watch apart;
  • split apart;
  • torn asunder
Meaning (6):
- one from the other
Example in sentence:
  • people can't tell the twins apart
7 . apart [ s]
Meaning (7):
- remote and separate physically or socially
Example in sentence:
  • an obscure village;
  • existed over the centuries as a world apart;
  • preserved because they inhabited a place apart;
  • tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization
Meaning (8):
- having characteristics not shared by others
Example in sentence:
  • scientists felt they were a group apart

Nearby Words:

apace apaches apagoge apagogic apagogical apaid apair apalachian apanage apanthropy

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