apart

Definitions

1. 1adverb

   Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.

2. 2adverb

   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.

3. 3adverb

   Aside; away.

4. 4adverb

   In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

5. 5adjective

   remote and separate physically or socially- W.H.Hudson

   "existed over the centuries as a world apart"

   "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"

   Synonyms

   isolatedobscure
6. 6adjective

   having characteristics not shared by others- Vannever Bush

   "scientists felt they were a group apart"

7. 7adverb

   not taken into account or excluded from consideration

   "these problems apart, the country is doing well"

   "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"

   Synonyms

   aside
8. 8adverb

   into parts or pieces

   "he took his father's watch apart"

   "split apart"

   Synonyms

   asunder
9. 9adverb

   separated or at a distance in place or position or time

   "These towns are many miles apart"

   "stood with his legs apart"

10. 10adverb

    one from the other

    "people can't tell the twins apart"

11. 11adverb

    placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose

    "had a feeling of being set apart"

    "quality sets it apart"

    Synonyms

    aside
12. 12adverb

    away from another or others

    "they grew apart over the years"

    "kept apart from the group out of shyness"