Definition of apart | Collins English Dictionary

apart (əˈpɑːt)

to pieces or in pieces ⇒ he had the television apart on the floor
placed or kept separately or to one side for a particular purpose, reason, etc; aside (esp in the phrases set placed or kept separately or to one side for a particular purpose, reason, etc; aside (esp in the phrases or put apart)
separate in time, place, or position; at a distance ⇒ he stood apart from the group two points three feet apart
not being taken into account; aside ⇒ these difficulties apart, the project ran smoothly
individual; distinct; separate ⇒ a race apart
separately or independently in use, thought, or function ⇒ considered apart, his reasoning was faulty
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C14: from Old French a part at (the) side

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= to pieces to bits, asunder, into parts

= away from each other distant from each other

= aside, away, alone, independently, separately, singly, excluded, isolated, cut off, to one side to yourself by itself, aloof, to itself by yourself, out on a limb,

British English: apart When things are apart, there is a space or a distance between them.The desks are too far apart.əˈpɑːt ADVERB The desks are too far apart.
Spanish: aparte adv
French: hormis prep
German: auseinander adv
Chinese: 分离 adv
Arabic: مُنفَصِلاً adv
Portuguese: à parte adv
Russian: в стороне adv
Croatian: napose adv
Czech: odděleně adv
Danish: fra hinanden adv
Dutch: op zichzelf adv
Finnish: erillään adv
Greek: χωριστά adv
Italian: di distanza adv
Japanese: 別個に adv
Korean: 따로따로 adv
Norwegian: atskilt adv
Polish: oddzielnie adv
Brazilian Portuguese: separado adj separada
European Spanish: aparte adv
Swedish: isär adv
Thai: แยกจาก adv
Turkish: ayrı adv
Vietnamese: riêng ra adv

British English: apart If you take something apart, you take it to pieces.He took his bike apart.əˈpɑːt ADVERB He took his bike apart.
French: démonter vt
Arabic: مُفَكَّك adj
Brazilian Portuguese: destruir vt

The shaky truce brought about in Testra was in danger of falling apart.
Jennifer Fallon, TREASON KEEP (2001)
Ray Mitchell's Confusion kept a watching brief in third place and these three were a class apart from the rest of the fleet.
Yachting Boating World (2004)
All around the track, only a metre apart , the drains were installed.
Irish Times (2002)
His long silvery hair and sharp ties set him apart from his staid LDP colleagues.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
First, she was the first woman --- apart from a queen --- ever to speak in the House of Lords.
Jim Leavesley, George Biro, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)