apart

adjective

Separate, on the side.

(after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.

Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

adverb

Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

Separately, exclusively, not together.

In or into two or more parts.

To the side; aside.

Roots

partiri-part · Latin · to divide, share out

Synonyms for apart

asunderadv asideadv separatedadj separatelyadv isolatedadj awayadv unconnectedadj disjunctadj distinctadj severallyadv

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