Dictionary definition · apart
adjective
- remote and separate physically or socially"existed over the centuries as a world apart"
- having characteristics not shared by others"scientists felt they were a group apart"
adverb
- separated or at a distance in place or position or time"These towns are many miles apart"
- not taken into account or excluded from consideration"these problems apart, the country is doing well"
- away from another or others"they grew apart over the years"
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose"had a feeling of being set apart"
- one from the other"people can't tell the twins apart"
- into parts or pieces"he took his father's watch apart"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).