apart
/əpˈɑɹt/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
adverb
- separated or at a distance in place or position or time
“These towns are many miles apart” - not taken into account or excluded from consideration
“these problems apart, the country is doing well” - away from another or others
“they grew apart over the years” - placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
“had a feeling of being set apart” - one from the other
“people can't tell the twins apart” - into parts or pieces
“he took his father's watch apart”
adjective
- remote and separate physically or socially- W.H.Hudson
“existed over the centuries as a world apart” - having characteristics not shared by others- Vannever Bush
“scientists felt they were a group apart”
Synonyms for apart
Words that rhyme with apart
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