Apart
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈpɑːt/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Apart is an adverb meaning Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
Meaning
Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
More Meanings
- Separately, exclusively, not together.
- In or into two or more parts.
- To the side; aside.
- Excluded from consideration.
- (after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.
- Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
- Separate, on the side.
Example Sentences
Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.
Others apart sat on a hill retired.
Consider the two propositions apart.
Love, love will tear us apart, again.
Synonyms for apart
Depending on context, synonyms include independently, separately, absolutely, abstractedly, abstractly, discretely.
Antonyms for apart
Common opposites include together.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include separated, separate, aside, divided, asunder, isolated.
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