Apart meaning

What does “apart” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“apart” is an adjective and adverb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: remote and separate physically or socially.

apart

adjective

  1. remote and separate physically or socially

    “existed over the centuries as a world apart”

    “preserved because they inhabited a place apart”

  2. having characteristics not shared by others

    “scientists felt they were a group apart”

adverb

  1. separated or at a distance in place or position or time

    “These towns are many miles apart”

    “stood with his legs apart”

  2. not taken into account or excluded from consideration

    “these problems apart, the country is doing well”

    “all joking aside, I think you're crazy”

    Synonymsaside
  3. away from another or others

    “they grew apart over the years”

    “kept apart from the group out of shyness”

  4. placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose

    “had a feeling of being set apart”

    “quality sets it apart”

    Synonymsaside
  5. one from the other

    “people can't tell the twins apart”

  6. into parts or pieces

    “he took his father's watch apart”

    “split apart”

    Synonymsasunder

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University