apart

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑː(ɹ)t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑɹt/, enPR: ə-pärt′

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

apart (comparative more apart, superlative most apart)

1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
   • 2015, Johnny Rogan, Ray Davies: A Complicated Life:

     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.

   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:

     Others apart sat on a hill retired.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 4:3:

     But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.

2. separately, exclusively, not together

   Consider the two propositions apart.

   Synonyms: independently, separately see also Thesaurus:individually

3. In or into two or more parts.

   Synonyms: asunder, in twain see also Thesaurus:asunder

   We took the computer apart and put it back together.

   • 1980, Joy Division (lyrics and music), “Love Will Tear Us Apart”:

     Love, love will tear us apart, again.

4. To the side; Aside
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 1:21:

     Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

   • 1827, John Keble, “The Snow-Drop”, in The Christian Year:

     Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.

5. (used following a noun) Excluded from consideration.

   Joking apart, what do you think?

   Synonym: aside

• together

apart (not comparable)

1. (after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.

   in a class apart.

2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
3. Separate, on the side.
   • 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:

     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?"

apart

1. Misspelling of a part.
   • 2016, Jasmine Railey, Carter and Ayanna 2: A Hood Love‎ (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 231:

     I killed a man. This was never apart^{[sic – meaning a part]} of the plan, Tracy was supposed to do all of the dirty work.

“apart”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• prata, rap at

From Dutch apart, from Middle French a part.

• IPA^(key): /aˈpart/

apart (attributive aparte, comparative aparter, superlative apartste)

1. separate

• apartheid

Borrowed from Middle French a part.

• IPA^(key): /aːˈpɑrt/

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• Hyphenation: apart
• Rhymes: -ɑrt

apart (comparative aparter, superlative apartst)

1. separate

   Over het algemeen vindt men vier kleuren in een inkjetprinter. Zwart zit bijna altijd in een aparte cartridge, de andere kleuren kunnen ook in één cartridge zitten.

   In general one finds four colors in an inkjet printer. Black is almost always in a separate cartridge, the other colors can also be in a single cartridge.

2. unusual

   Hij draagt zeer aparte hoeden.

   He wears very unusual hats.

• apartheid

• Afrikaans: apart
• Berbice Creole Dutch: apati
• Negerhollands: apart
• → Papiamentu: apart
• → Sranan Tongo: apart, aparti

• praat, raapt

16th century, from Middle French à part (“separately”). The modern sense follows the French attributive use as in une chose à part (“something of its kind, something exceptional”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈpaʁt/

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apart (strong nominative masculine singular aparter, comparative aparter, superlative am apartesten)

1. unusual and distinctive in an appealing way; featuring an exciting mixture of traits or influences

   Synonyms: reizvoll, aufregend

2. (archaic) apart, separate

   Synonyms: einzeln, gesondert, separat, getrennt, abgetrennt

• Apartheid, Apartheit
• Apartment

• “apart” in Duden online
• “apart” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from German apart.

• IPA^(key): /ˈapart/
• Syllabification: a‧part

apart (not comparable)

1. separately

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “osobno”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “apart”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

From ap- +‎ art (“to plow”).

• IPA^(key): [apâɾt]

apart (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present aparu, apar, apar, past aparu)

1. (perfective) to till (land, field) by plowing

   apart laukumu, tīrumu ― to plow, till the field

   apart platu joslu ap dārzu ― to plow, till a wide zone around the garden

2. to overturn (an obstacle) while plowing; to overturn (an obstacle) and plow

   apart velēnas, rugājus ― to plow the turf, stubble (after turning it over)

   traktorists ar krūmu arklu apar alkšņus, sīkstus kārklus ― the tractor driver plows through alder bushes and tough osiers with the bush plow

3. to cover (e.g., planted potatoes) with earth by plowing around, by deepening the furrows; to furrow

   bija jāapar kartupeļi, tie zaļoja kā mežs; lai neiznāktu tikai laksti vien, vajadēja lakstus apmest nedaudz ar zemi - to izdarīja spīļu arkls ― it was time to plow around the potatoes, they had grown like a forest; so that not only leaves and stems would come out, it was necessary to throw some earth around them - the jaw plow does that

4. (perfective) to plow around (to change direction around something while plowing; to plow the area around something)

   apart ap dārzu ― to plow around the garden

   art, apart akmenim apkārt ― to plow around the stone, rock

• (till land): uzart
• (plow around): art
• noart
• uzart

Borrowed from French à part.

apart (comparative apartare, superlative apartast)

1. clearly deviating from the norm, peculiar, unique

Often but not always derogatory, like peculiar.

• apart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• apart in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• apart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)