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apart

 
(ə-pärt') pronunciation
adv.
    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.
  1. In or into parts or pieces: split apart.
  2. One from another: I can't tell the twins apart.
  3. Aside or in reserve, as for a separate use or purpose: funds set apart for the project.
  4. As a distinct item or entity: Quality sets it apart.
  5. So as to except or exclude from consideration; aside: All joking apart, I think you're wrong.
adj.
Set apart; isolated. Used after a noun or in the predicate: a people who have existed over the centuries as a world apart.

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

apartness a·part'ness n.

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adverb

    As a separate unit: discretely, independently, individually, separately, singly. Idioms: one at a time, one by one. See include/exclude.

adjective

    Set away from all others: alone, detached, isolate, isolated, lone, removed, solitary. See include/exclude.


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Definition: separate
Antonyms: together

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Separated; in parts, pieces.

pronunciation Candy spilled from the piñata after the children broke it apart.

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Common misspelling(s) of apart

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - adskilt fra, kendetegnet ved, skille sig ud fra, bortset fra, hver for sig, isoleret
adj. - adskilt, fra hinanden

idioms:

  • apart from    bortset fra, udover
  • apart from that    bortset fra det, udover det
  • come apart    gå fra hinanden, adskilles
  • come apart at the seams    gå fra i sømmene
  • fall apart at the seams    gå fra i sømmene
  • keep apart    holde adskilt
  • set apart    adskille, holde fra hinanden
  • take apart    skille ad, demontere

Nederlands (Dutch)
apart, uit elkaar, ter zijde, daargelaten, op een afstand

Français (French)
adv. - éloigné(e) l'un(e) de l'autre, à part, de côté, à l'écart, séparément, l'un de l'autre, en pièces, en morceaux
adj. - brisé

idioms:

  • apart from    excepté, en dehors de, à part
  • apart from that    outre que, hormis que
  • come apart    se décoller, se découdre
  • come apart at the seams    craquer de partout, (fig) aller à la débâcle
  • fall apart at the seams    craquer de partout, (fig) aller à la débâcle
  • keep apart    tenir à l'écart
  • set apart    distinguer, destiner pour

Deutsch (German)
adv. - einzeln, getrennt
adj. - einzeln, beiseite, getrennt, auseinander

idioms:

  • apart from    bis auf, außer, ausgenommen
  • apart from that    abgesehen davon
  • come apart    auseinanderfallen
  • come apart at the seams    aus den Nähten gehen
  • fall apart at the seams    aus den Nähten gehen
  • keep apart    sondern
  • set apart    einplanen, abheben

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ξέχωρος, (καθομ.) πελαγωμένος, σαστισμένος
adv. - χωριστά, χώρια, στη μπάντα, κατά μέρος, σε τμήματα, κομματιαστά, ανεξάρτητα, ξεχωριστά

idioms:

  • apart from    εκτός από
  • apart from that    εκτός τούτου
  • come apart    κομματιάζομαι, διαλύομαι, καταρρέω
  • come apart at the seams    διαλύομαι, καταρρέω, ξεχαρβαλώνομαι
  • fall apart    διαλύομαι, (μτφ.) καταρρέω
  • fall apart at the seams    διαλύομαι, καταρρέω, ξεχαρβαλώνομαι
  • keep apart    χωρίζω, κρατώ μακριά
  • set apart    ξεχωρίζω
  • take apart    ξεμερδίζω, διαλύω

Italiano (Italian)
a parte, separatamente, rotto, a pezzi

idioms:

  • apart from    tranne, oltre a, salvo
  • apart from that    d'altronde, del resto
  • coming apart    andare in pezzi
  • drift apart    estraniarsi
  • fall apart    sfasciarsi
  • joking apart    scherzi a parte
  • keep apart    tenere da parte

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - distante, separado
adv. - em fragmentos, separadamente, independentemente

idioms:

  • apart from    aparte de, não considerando que
  • apart from that    distante daquilo
  • come apart    vir separado
  • drift apart    flutuar à deriva
  • fall apart    desintegrar-se
  • joking apart    falando seriamente
  • keep apart    manter à parte
  • set apart    reservar para, por de lado, diferenciar
  • take apart    desmontar

Русский (Russian)
отдельный, отдельно, обособленно

idioms:

  • apart from    отдельно от, в стороне от
  • apart from    помимо; кроме того, что
  • apart from that    помимо этого, кроме этого
  • come apart    рассыпаться, развалиться
  • drift apart    разойтись, отдалиться
  • fall apart    развалиться на части
  • joking apart    говоря всерьез
  • keep apart    держать в стороне
  • set apart    откладывать, отдалять, отделять, оставлять в стороне
  • take apart    разобрать на части, разобраться в определенном вопросе

Español (Spanish)
adv. - separadamente, por separado
adj. - aparte, separado

idioms:

  • apart from    con excepción de, menos, salvo, a excepción de, hecha excepción de, aparte de, excepto
  • apart from that    aparte de esto
  • come apart    desprenderse, deshacerse, desarmarse
  • come apart at the seams    descoserse
  • drift apart    enfriarse de
  • fall apart at the seams    descoserse
  • keep apart    apartar, apartarse, separar
  • set apart    separar, reservar, diferenciar, distinguir

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - åt sidan, avsides, oberoende
adv. - åt sidan, avsides, oberoende

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
分别地, 分离, 分成零件, 分开的

idioms:

  • apart from    远离, 除...之外
  • apart from that    远离, 除...之外
  • come apart    散开, 破碎
  • come apart at the seams    神经错乱
  • fall apart at the seams    在接缝处裂开
  • keep apart    把...分开
  • set apart    使分离, 留出时间, 使分开
  • take apart    拆开, 剖析, 粗暴对待

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 分別地, 分離, 分成零件
adj. - 分開的

idioms:

  • apart from    遠離, 除...之外
  • apart from that    遠離, 除...之外
  • come apart    散開, 破碎
  • come apart at the seams    神經錯亂
  • fall apart at the seams    在接縫處裂開
  • keep apart    把...分開
  • set apart    使分離, 留出時間, 使分開
  • take apart    拆開, 剖析, 粗暴對待

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 따로따로 떨어져, 별도에
adj. - 따로따로 , 별도의

idioms:

  • come apart    산산조각이 되다
  • come apart at the seams    실패로 돌아가다
  • keep apart    멀어지다
  • take apart    ~를 분해하다, 을 혼내주다

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - わきの方に, ばらばらに, 別個に, 一応考慮外において, 離れて, 別々に, 脇へ, 区別して
adj. - 別な, 意見が分裂した

idioms:

  • apart from    …から離れて, …は別として, …のほかに
  • apart from that    それは別として
  • come apart    砕ける, ばらばらになる
  • fall/come apart at the seams    失敗する
  • joking apart    冗談はさておき
  • poles apart    両極端に違っている
  • set apart    取っておく, 分ける
  • take apart    分解する, 分析する
  • worlds apart    全くかけ離れて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بعيدا عن بعضهم البعض (ظرف) جانبا, على حده‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בנפרד, במרחק, במרחק-מה, הצידה, בצד, לחוד, לחתיכות, לחלקים‬
adj. - ‮בעל תכונות או מאפפינים ייחודיים‬


 
 

 

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