Definition of "apart"

apart

/əˈpɑː(ɹ)t/

adverb
comparative more apart, superlative most apart
1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
  Quotations
  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
  But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Psalms 4:3
2. separately, exclusively, not together
3. In or into two or more parts.
  Quotations
  Love, love will tear us apart, again.
  1980, Joy Division (lyrics and music), “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
postposition
1. Aside; away; not included.
  Quotations
  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, […], James 1:21
  Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.
  1827, John Keble, “The Snow-Drop”, in The Christian Year
adjective
not comparable
1. (after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.
2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
3. Separate, on the side.
  Quotations
  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, page 172
noun
1. Misspelling of a part.

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