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Apart   /əpˈɑrt/   Listen
Apart

adverb
1.
Separated or at a distance in place or position or time.  "Stood with his legs apart" , "Born two years apart"
2.
Not taken into account or excluded from consideration.  Synonym: aside.  "All joking aside, I think you're crazy"
3.
Away from another or others.  "Kept apart from the group out of shyness" , "Decided to live apart"
4.
Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose.  Synonym: aside.  "Quality sets it apart" , "A day set aside for relaxing"
5.
One from the other.
6.
Into parts or pieces.  Synonym: asunder.  "Split apart" , "Torn asunder"
adjective
1.
Remote and separate physically or socially.  Synonyms: isolated, obscure.  "Preserved because they inhabited a place apart" , "Tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization" , "An obscure village"
2.
Having characteristics not shared by others.



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"Apart" Quotes from Famous Books



... by way of the veranda. It was a charming veranda, long and low, opening through French windows directly into the living room which, like itself, was long and low, and charming. There is a charm in rooms which can be felt but not described. It exists apart from the furnishings and even the occupants; it is an essence, haunting, intangible—the soul of the room! only there are many rooms which ...
— Up the Hill and Over • Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
... night-time, as they had carefully closed the shafts at the top. They did not set any watch until the next day. During that Saturday night this convict climbed eight hundred feet to the top of one of the shafts. The wooden beams running across the shaft are about five feet apart. Standing erect on one of these beams he threw his arms over the one above his head, and would swing up to it. In this manner he worked his way to the top of the shaft. When he reached the surface how great was his disappointment, ...
— The Twin Hells • John N. Reynolds
... wet places, the earth which is thrown out in digging must be thrown back sufficiently far from the edge to prevent its weight from increasing the tendency; and the sides of the ditch may be supported by bits of board braced apart as is shown ...
— Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health • George E. Waring
... of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested ...
— The 2004 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... and I was again sent off to school. When I entered the school-room I found him looking very pale and cadaverous; as soon as he saw me his lips were drawn apart, and he showed his large white teeth, reminding me of the grinning of a hyena; he did not, however, say anything to me. My studies were resumed; I said my lesson perfectly, but was fully prepared for punishment. I was, however, agreeably disappointed; he did not ...
— Percival Keene • Frederick Marryat


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