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Meaning of 'apart'
Meaning of 'apart' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Apart 
[ adv.]
- Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of
separation as to place; aside. [ 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.
- 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]
[ r]Meaning (1):
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
- 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):
- into parts or pieces
- into parts or pieces
Example in sentence:
- he took his father's watch apart;
- split apart;
- torn asunder
Meaning (3):
- one from the other
- one from the other
Example in sentence:
- people can't tell the twins apart
Meaning (4):
- not taken into account or excluded from consideration
- 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 (5):
- separated or at a distance in place or position or time
- 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 (6):
- away from another or others
- 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
2. apart [ s]
[ s]Meaning (7):
- remote and separate physically or socially
- 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
- having characteristics not shared by others
Example in sentence:
- scientists felt they were a group apart
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