Definition of APART

apart

Adjective Satellite

  • remote and separate physically or socially; ; - W.H.Hudson
    • "existed over the centuries as a world apart"
    • "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"
  • having characteristics not shared by others; - Vannever Bush
    • "scientists felt they were a group apart"

Adverb

  • Separately; into pieces or parts.
  • separated or at a distance in place or position or time
    • "These towns are many miles apart"
    • "stood with his legs apart"
    • "born two years 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"
    • "kept apart from the group out of shyness"
    • "decided to live apart"
  • placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
    • "had a feeling of being set apart"
    • "quality sets it apart"
  • one from the other
    • "people can't tell the twins apart"
  • into parts or pieces
    • "he took his father's watch apart"
    • "split apart"

Adv

  • Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
  • Separately, exclusively, not together.
  • In or into two or more parts.
  • To the side; aside.

Postp

  • Excluded from consideration.

Adj

  • Exceptional, distinct.
  • Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
  • Separate, on the side.

Noun

  • Misspelling of a part.

Examples

  • Consider the two propositions apart.
  • in a class apart
  • Joking apart, what do you think?
  • She took his entire strategy apart with one brilliant move.
  • We took the computer apart and put it back together.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).

Antonyms

together

Scrabble Score: 7

apart: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
apart: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
apart: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

apart: valid Words With Friends Word