English dictionary

apart

/@/'p/A/rt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adverb

separated or at a distance in place or position or time

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These towns are many miles apart.

Stood with his legs apart.

Born two years apart.

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not taken into account or excluded from consideration

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These problems apart, the country is doing well.

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away from another or others

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They grew apart over the years.

Kept apart from the group out of shyness.

Decided to live apart.

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placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose

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Had a feeling of being set apart.

Quality sets it apart.

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one from the other

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People can't tell the twins apart.

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into parts or pieces

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He took his father's watch apart.

Split apart.

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

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Source: webster1913