Added 9 October 2026
apart
/əˈpɑːt/ adverb
In Latin: seorsum, segregatim Wiktionary
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- Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
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Separately, exclusively, not together.
Consider the two propositions apart.
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In or into two or more parts.
We took the computer apart and put it back together.
adjective
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Exceptional, distinct.
In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.
- Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
- Separate, on the side.
Origin
From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
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