Meaning of APART
| Pronunciation: | | u'pârt
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- [adv] placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing"
- [adv] away from another or others; "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart"
- [adv] not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"
- [adv] into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder"
- [adv] 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"
- [adv] one from the other; "people can't tell the twins apart"
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| | Synonyms: | | aside, asunder |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \A*part"\, adv. [F. [`a] part; (L. ad) + part part. See
{Part}.]
1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of
separation as to place; aside.
Others apart sat on a hill retired. --Milton.
The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for
himself. --Ps. iv. 3.
2. 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. Aside; away. ``Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and
superfluity of naughtiness.'' --Jas. i. 21.
Let Pleasure go, put Care apart. --Keble.
4. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a
piece of machinery apart.
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