apart
UK/əˈpɑːt//əˈpɑɹt/
apart adverb: placed separately (in regard to space or time).
Adverb
apart (comparative more apart or further apart or farther apart, superlative most apart or furthest apart or farthest apart)
- 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
- Others apart sat on a hill retired.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- Separately, exclusively, not together.
- Consider the two propositions apart.
- Synonyms:
- independently, separately, absolutely, abstractedly, abstractly, discretely, individually, properly, serely, severally
- In or into two or more parts.
- We took the computer apart and put it back together.
- Love, love will tear us apart, again.1980, Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
- Synonyms:
- asunder, in twain, half and half, in sunder, piecemeal
- 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
- Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.1827, John Keble, “The Snow-Drop”, in The Christian Year
Postp
apart
- Excluded from consideration.
- Joking apart, what do you think?
- Synonyms:
- aside
Adjective
apart (not comparable)
- Exceptional, distinct.
- In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.
- Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
- Separate, on the side.
- The young lover was in waiting, to hand them out of the large substantial carriage, and the first quiet moment that he could find for an apart whisper, said, "What can be the reason that your mother has never taken the slightest notice of my letter?"1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 172
apart meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
apart in Hindi
- apart, separate
- छड़ा chaṛā
- apart
- अलग alag, अलग अलग alag alag
apart in Tamil
- தனியாக, நீங்கலாக, புறம்பாக, வேறாக
apart in Urdu
- apart
- انتر antar, الگ alag, الگ الگ alag alag
apart in Bengali
- পৃথক্, দূরে সরাইয়া, একান্তে, দূরে সরিয়া, বিচ্ছিন্ন করিয়া, স্বগত
More languagesFewer languages
- apart in Malayalam
- അകലെ, പ്രത്യേകമായി, വേറിട്ട, ഏകാന്തമായി
- apart in Punjabi
- وکھ vakkh
- apart in Sanskrit
- वि vi
- apart in Indonesian
- terlepas
Examples of apart in a sentence
- A link opened under the strain, and the chain came apart.
- Humankind has never found any other habitable planets apart from Earth.
- One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.
Synonyms of apart
- independently
- separately
- absolutely
- abstractedly
- abstractly
- discretely
- individually
- severally
- singly
- together
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Antonyms
Forms of apart
| comparative | more apart |
|---|---|
| comparative | further apart |
| comparative | farther apart |
| superlative | most apart |
| superlative | furthest apart |
| superlative | farthest apart |
Origin of apart
From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
Words formed from apart
Phrases with apart
- blew apart
- came apart
- fell apart
- flew apart
- grew apart
- rips apart
- sets apart
- told apart
- took apart
- tore apart
- torn apart
- blown apart
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- blows apart
- broke apart
- comes apart
- falls apart
- flies apart
- flown apart
- grown apart
- grows apart
- picks apart
- pulls apart
- stood apart
- taken apart
- takes apart
- tears apart
- tells apart
- breaks apart
- broken apart
- coming apart
- drifts apart
- fallen apart
- flying apart
- picked apart
- pulled apart
- ripped apart
- stands apart
- taking apart
- teased apart
- teases apart
- blowing apart
- drifted apart
- falling apart
- growing apart
- picking apart
- pulling apart
- ripping apart
- setting apart
- tearing apart
- teasing apart
- telling apart
- breaking apart
- drifting apart
- standing apart
- came apart at the seams
- come apart at the seams
- comes apart at the seams
- coming apart at the seams
Words that rhyme with apart
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Questions about apart
- What does apart mean?
- Apart means placed separately (in regard to space or time).
- What is apart in Hindi?
- Apart in Hindi is छड़ा (chaṛā), अलग (alag), अलग अलग (alag alag). See Apart meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is apart?
- Apart can be an adverb, a postp or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce apart?
- Apart is pronounced /əˈpɑːt/ (UK).
Words near apart in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: apart (page history and authors); अलग (Hindi) (page history and authors); apart (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); الگ (Urdu) (page history and authors); apart (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apart (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); وکھ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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