- 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