apart

(adjective, adverb, preposition)

adjective

1. remote and separate physically or socially

- existed over the centuries as a world apart

- preserved because they inhabited a place apart

Similar word(s): unconnected, isolated, obscure

2. having characteristics not shared by others

- scientists felt they were a group apart

Similar word(s): separate

adverb

1. 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

2. not taken into account or excluded from consideration

- these problems apart, the country is doing well

Similar word(s): aside

3. away from another or others

- they grew apart over the years

- kept apart from the group out of shyness

- decided to live apart

4. placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose

- had a feeling of being set apart

- quality sets it apart

Similar word(s): aside

5. one from the other

- people can't tell the twins apart

6. into parts or pieces

- he took his father's watch apart

- split apart

Similar word(s): asunder

Sentences with apart as an adverb:

- Consider the two propositions apart.

- to take a piece of machinery apart.

preposition

1. (following its objective complement) apart from.

- A handful of examples apart, an English preposition precedes its complement.