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apart

a·part
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-pahrt]
    • /əˈpɑrt/
    • /əˈpɑːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-pahrt]
    • /əˈpɑrt/

Definitions of apart word

  • adverb apart When people or things are apart, they are some distance from each other. 3
  • adverb apart If two people or things move apart or are pulled apart, they move away from each other. 3
  • adverb apart If two people are apart, they are no longer living together or spending time together, either permanently or just for a short time. 3
  • adverb apart If you take something apart, you separate it into the pieces that it is made of. If it comes or falls apart, its parts separate from each other. 3
  • adverb apart If something such as an organization or relationship falls apart, or if something tears it apart, it can no longer continue because it has serious difficulties. 3
  • adverb apart If something sets someone or something apart, it makes them different from other people or things. 3

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Origin of apart

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Old French a part to one side. See a-5, part

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Apart

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

apart popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for apart

adv apart

  • aside — If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you.
  • afar — Afar means a long way away.
  • alone — When you are alone, you are not with any other people.
  • aloof — Someone who is aloof is not very friendly and does not like to spend time with other people.
  • away — If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.

adjective apart

  • uncaged — not confined in a cage.
  • hard-hearted — unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.
  • stuck up — snobbishly conceited.
  • free as a bird — really free
  • only — without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively: This information is for your eyes only.

Antonyms for apart

adv apart

  • together — into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body: to call the people together.

adjective apart

  • bracketed — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
  • adjacent — If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other.
  • joined — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
  • bordering — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
  • interdependent — mutually dependent; depending on each other.

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