Dictionary entries for 'apart'

Synonyms

a·part (ə-pärt́)

[Middle English, from Old French a part, a, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–), + part, side (from Latin pars, part-; see part).]

adverb

1. At a distance in place, position, or time: railings spaced two feet apart; born three years apart.
2. Away from another or others: grew apart over the years; decided to live apart.
In or into parts or pieces: split apart.
One from another: I can't tell the twins apart.
Aside or in reserve, as for a separate use or purpose: funds set apart for the project.
As a distinct item or entity: Quality sets it apart.
So as to except or exclude from consideration; aside: All joking apart, I think you're wrong.

Set apart; isolated. Used after a noun or in the predicate: a people who have existed over the centuries as a world apart.