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apart.

Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv/əˈpɑːt/Received-Pronunciation/əˈpɑɹt/General-American
  1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

  2. Separately, exclusively, not together.

    Consider the two propositions apart.
  3. In or into two or more parts.

    We took the computer apart and put it back together.
  4. To the side; aside.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).

postp/əˈpɑːt/Received-Pronunciation/əˈpɑɹt/General-American
  1. Excluded from consideration.

    Joking apart, what do you think?
Where this word comes from

From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).

adj/əˈpɑːt/Received-Pronunciation/əˈpɑɹt/General-American
  1. Exceptional, distinct.

    not-comparable
    In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.
  2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

    not-comparable
  3. Separate, on the side.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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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