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adverb

into pieces or parts; to pieces: to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.

separately in place, time, motion, etc.: New York and Tokyo are thousands of miles apart. Our birthdays are three days apart.

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.

separately or individually in consideration: each factor viewed apart from the others.

aside (used with a gerund or noun): Joking apart, what do you think?

adjective

having independent or unique qualities, features, or characteristics (usually used following the noun it modifies): a class apart.

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Verb phrases

take apart,

to disassemble: to take a clock apart.

Informal. to criticize; attack: She was taken apart for her controversial stand.

to subject to intense examination: He will take your feeble excuses apart.

Idioms

apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides: Apart from other considerations, time is a factor.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French a part to one side. See a-⁵, part

Related forms

a·part·ness, noun

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apart (əˈpɑːt)

—*adj, —adv*
1.	to pieces or in pieces: he had the television apart on the floor
2.	placed or kept separately or to one side for a particular purpose, reason, etc; aside (esp in the phrases setorput apart)
3.	separate in time, place, or position; at a distance: he stood apart from the group; two points three feet apart
4.	not being taken into account; aside: these difficulties apart, the project ran smoothly
5.	individual; distinct; separate: a race apart
6.	separately or independently in use, thought, or function: considered apart, his reasoning was faulty
7.	(preposition) apart from besides; other than

[C14: from Old French a part at (the) side]

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Word Origin & History

apart

late 14c., from O.Fr. à part "to the side," from L. ad "to" + partem accusative of pars "a side" (see part).

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"Japan gets the most of ordinary people by organizing them to adapt and succeed. America, by getting out of their way so that they can adjust individually, allows them to succeed. It is not that Japan has no individualists and America no organizations, but the thrusts of the societies are different. Japan has distorted its economy and depressed its living standard in order to keep its job structure and social values as steady as possible. At the government's direction, the entire economy has tried to flex almost as one, in response to the ever-changing world. The country often seems like a family that becomes more tightly bound together when it must withstand war, emigration, or some other upheaval. America's strength is the opposite: it opens its doors and brings the world's disorder in. It tolerates social change that would tear most other countries apart. The openness encourages Americans to adapt as individuals rather than as a group."

-James Fallows

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