apart

Meaning

Adv

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

Postp

Excluded from consideration.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Exceptional, distinct.
2. (not-comparable) Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
3. (not-comparable) Separate, on the side.

Noun

Misspelling of a part.

Synonyms

separately

separate

aside

special

particular

asunder

aloof

separated

different

distinct

distant

severally

besides

individually

at a distance

to pieces

some

isolated

except

remote

parted

disconnected

dissolution

separate from

peculiar

obscure

off

in pieces

atwain

alone

seperately

away from

own

particularly

piecemeal

principally

regardless

selfish

separably

separation

sidelong

singly

strange

through

unless

weird

into pieces

on one’s own

out of touch

to bits

Translations

aparte

à part

getrennt

afzonderlijk

à parte

séparé

einzeln

segregatim

a parte

séparément

χωριστά

abseits

auseinander

afgezonderd

separato

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɑː(ɹ)t/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: apart

In summary

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

Sentences

Marge and Lisa try to pry them apart .