Etymology 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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Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
We had a large bus and I had two of them at the front and two at the back, and I had to sit in the middle and keep them apart.2015, Johnny Rogan, Ray Davies: A Complicated Life:
Others apart sat on a hill retired.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
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But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 4:3:
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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.
Love, love will tear us apart, again.1980, Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”:
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To the side; aside.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 1:21:
Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.1827, John Keble, “The Snow-Drop”, in The Christian Year:
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Etymology From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
Etymology From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
1
Exceptional, distinct.
After a noun or in the predicate
In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.
2
Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
3
Separate, on the side.
The young lover was in waiting, to hand them out of the large substantial carriage, and the first quiet moment that he could find for an apart whisper, said, "What can be the reason that your mother has never taken the slightest notice of my letter?"1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 172: