apaht

Adverb

apart (comparative more apart or further apart or farther apart, superlative most apart or furthest apart or farthest apart)

1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
   • We had a large bus and I had two of them at the front and two at the back, and I had to sit in the middle and keep them apart.2015, Johnny Rogan, Ray Davies: A Complicated Life
2. Separately, exclusively, not together.
   • Consider the two propositions apart.

   Synonyms:

   independently, separately, absolutely, abstractedly, abstractly, discretely, individually, properly, serely, severally

3. In or into two or more parts.
   • We took the computer apart and put it back together.

   Synonyms:

   asunder, in twain, half and half, in sunder, piecemeal

4. To the side; aside.
   • Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 1:21

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