adjective
- Remote and separate physically or socially.
- usage: "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart- W. H. Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"
- Having characteristics not shared by others. "scientists felt they were a group apart- Vannever Bush
adverb
- Separated or at a distance in place or position or time.
- usage: "These towns are many miles apart"; "stood with his legs apart"; "born two years apart"
- Not taken into account or excluded from consideration.
- usage: "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"
- synonyms: aside
- Away from another or others.
- usage: "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart"
- Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose.
- usage: "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing"
- synonyms: aside
- One from the other.
- usage: "people can't tell the twins apart"
- Into parts or pieces.
- usage: "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder"
- synonyms: asunder
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