apart

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UK /əˈpɑːt/ US /əˈpɑɹt/

adv 4adj 3postp 1

Collocations

ADJ.

fun, good, live, other, over

The two friends lived apart for years but stayed close through video calls.

VERB + APART

born, broke, came, can't, draw, drifted, find, joking

The old friends drifted apart after they moved to different cities for work.

APART + NOUN

group, lion, money, others, plot, sports

The group apart from the rest of us decided to leave early.

PREP.

from, on

She felt completely apart from the rest of the group at the party.

ADV.

literally

The two friends grew literally apart after moving to different cities for work.

Definitions

adv

Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

We had a large bus and I had two of them at the front and two at the back, and I had to sit in the middle and keep them apart.

Others apart sat on a hill retired.

Separately, exclusively, not together.

Consider the two propositions apart.

In or into two or more parts.

We took the computer apart and put it back together.

Love, love will tear us apart, again.

To the side; aside.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.

postp

Excluded from consideration.

Joking apart, what do you think?

adj

Exceptional, distinct.

In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.

Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

Separate, on the side.

The young lover was in waiting, to hand them out of the large substantial carriage, and the first quiet moment that he could find for an apart whisper, said, "What can be the reason that your mother has never taken the slightest notice of my letter?"

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — not taken into account or excluded from consideration

aside

adverb — into parts or pieces

asunder

adverb — placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose

aside

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

worlds apart

Vastly different.

In terms of technology, today's media and that of the 19th century are worlds apart, but they still serve the same purpose.

fall apart

To disintegrate, to break into pieces.

My old briefcase is falling apart. I'll have to buy a new one.

tell apart

To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.

They are identical twins, and if they dress the same, everybody has trouble telling them apart.

poles apart

Totally opposite.

She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an

pick apart

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick, apart.

Example Bank

We had a large bus and I had two of them at the front and two at the back, and I had to sit in the middle and keep them apart.

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Others apart sat on a hill retired.

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But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.

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Joking apart, what do you think?

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In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.

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