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a⋅part

  [uh-pahrt]
Use apart in a Sentence
–adverb
1. into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
2. separately in place, time, motion, etc.: New York and Tokyo are thousands of miles apart. Our birthdays are three days apart.
3. to or at one side, with respect to place, purpose, or function: to put money apart for education; to keep apart from the group out of pride.
4. separately or individually in consideration: each factor viewed apart from the others.
5. aside (used with a gerund or noun): Joking apart, what do you think?
–adjective
6. having independent or unique qualities, features, or characteristics (usually used following the noun it modifies): a class apart.
—Verb phrase
7. take apart,
a. to disassemble: to take a clock apart.
b. Informal. to criticize; attack: She was taken apart for her controversial stand.
c. to subject to intense examination: He will take your feeble excuses apart.
—Idiom
8. apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides: Apart from other considerations, time is a factor.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < OF a part to one side. See a- 5 , part

Related forms:
a⋅part⋅ness, noun
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a·part   (ə-pärt')   
adv.  
    1. At a distance in place, position, or time: railings spaced two feet apart; born three years apart.
    2. Away from another or others: grew apart over the years; decided to live apart.
  2. In or into parts or pieces: split apart.
  3. One from another: I can't tell the twins apart.
  4. Aside or in reserve, as for a separate use or purpose: funds set apart for the project.
  5. As a distinct item or entity: Quality sets it apart.
  6. So as to except or exclude from consideration; aside: All joking apart, I think you're wrong.
adj.  Set apart; isolated. Used after a noun or in the predicate: a people who have existed over the centuries as a world apart.

[Middle English, from Old French a part : a, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + part, side (from Latin pars, part-; see part).]
a·part'ness n.
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Apart

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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Language Translation for : apart
Spanish: a una distancia de,
German: (voneinader) entfernt,
Japanese: 離れて
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apart 
c.1380, from O.Fr. à part "to the side," from L. ad "to" + partem acc. of pars "a side."
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apart

In addition to the idiom beginning with apart, also see come apart; fall apart; pick apart; poles apart; set apart; take apart; tear apart; tell apart.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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