ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. Separately, exclusively, not together.
  2. In or into two or more parts.
  3. To the side; aside.
  4. Excluded from consideration.
  5. (after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.
  6. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
  7. 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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