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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

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