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apart Definition

apart (ə pärt′)

adverb

  1. to one side; at a little distance; aside
  2. separately or away in place or time born two years apart
  3. reserved for a particular purpose
  4. separately or independently in function, use, etc. viewed apart
  5. in or to pieces to take a motor apart
  6. aside; notwithstanding all joking apart

Etymology: ME < OFr a part < L ad, to, at + partem, acc. of pars, a side, part

adjective

separated; not together: used in the predicate

apart Idioms

apart from

other than; besides

take apart

to reduce (a whole) to its parts

tell apart

to distinguish one from another

apart Synonyms

apart

modif.

  1. Separated

    disconnected, distant, disassociated; see separated.

  2. Aside

    to one side, at one side, at a distance, aloof; see aside.

  3. Distinct

    separate, special, alone, isolated; see individual 1.

  4. Separately

    freely, exclusively, singly, alone; see independently, individually.

  5. Into pieces

    asunder, to pieces, in two, to bits; see asunder 1.

take apart

disassemble, dismember, dissect, reduce; see analyze 1, dismantle, divide 1.

tell apart

distinguish, characterize, discriminate, differentiate; see distinguish 1.

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