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apart

DEFINITIONS OF: apart

1

adv separated or at a distance in place or position or time

“These towns are many miles apart”
“stood with his legs apart”
“born two years apart”

adv away from another or others

“they grew apart over the years”
“kept apart from the group out of shyness”
“decided to live apart”

adv placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose

“had a feeling of being set apart”
“quality sets it apart”
Synonyms:
aside

adv one from the other

“people can't tell the twins apart”

adv into parts or pieces

“he took his father's watch apart”
“split apart”
Synonyms:
asunder

adv not taken into account or excluded from consideration

“these problems apart, the country is doing well”
Synonyms:
aside

adj remote and separate physically or socially

“existed over the centuries as a world apart”
“"preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson”
Synonyms:
isolated, obscure
unconnected
not joined or linked together

adj having characteristics not shared by others

“"scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush”
Synonyms
separate
independent; not united or joint
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