apart

adverb
ə-pärt′

Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

Other meanings

Separately, exclusively, not together.
“Consider the two propositions apart.”
In or into two or more parts.
“We took the computer apart and put it back together.”

Related words

apartness
apart from
fall apart
pull apart
set apart
take apart
tell apart
worlds apart
come apart
drift apart
grow apart
pick apart

Example sentences

“I don't want our marriage to fall apart.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“Everything seemed to fall apart at once.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Anglo-Norman "a part".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “apart” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.