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apart
[uh-pahrt]
adverb
into pieces or parts; to pieces.
to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
separately in place, time, motion, etc..
New York and Tokyo are thousands of miles apart. Our birthdays are three days apart.
to or at one side, with respect to place, purpose, or function.
to put money apart for education; to keep apart from the group out of pride.
separately or individually in consideration.
each factor viewed apart from the others.
aside (used with a gerund or noun).
Joking apart, what do you think?
adjective
having independent or unique qualities, features, or characteristics; separate (usually used following the noun it modifies).
a class apart.
verb phrase
to disassemble.
to take a clock apart.
Informalto criticize; attack.
She was taken apart for her controversial stand.
to subject to intense examination.
He will take your feeble excuses apart.
apart
/ əˈɑː /
adjective
to pieces or in pieces
he had the television apart on the floor
placed or kept separately or to one side for a particular purpose, reason, etc; aside (esp in the phrases set or put apart )
separate in time, place, or position; at a distance
he stood apart from the group
two points three feet apart
not being taken into account; aside
these difficulties apart, the project ran smoothly
individual; distinct; separate
a race apart
separately or independently in use, thought, or function
considered apart, his reasoning was faulty
(preposition) besides; other than
Other 51Թ Forms
- apartness noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of apart1
Idioms and Phrases
apart from, aside from; in addition to.
Apart from other considerations, time is a factor.
Example Sentences
“I thought the extreme fears of having my family ripped apart from me as a little boy were just exaggerations,” another anonymous vendor wrote to Ktown for All.
Tom Hiddleston even wrote an essay about the film’s demonstration of “the courage and connection we need when the world is falling apart.”
It’s been difficult for the kids to spend nights apart from him, she said.
The Dodgers have declined to release a statement in support of their fans protesting ICE raids that have ripped apart families in Southern California.
The Dodgers have declined to release a statement in support of their fans protesting ICE raids that have ripped apart families in Southern California.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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