apart
pronunciation
How to pronounce apart in British English:
UK [əˈpɑːt]
How to pronounce apart in American English:
US [əˈpɑːrt]
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- Adjective:
- remote and separate physically or socially
- not living together as man and wife
- having characteristics not shared by others
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- Adverb:
- separated or at a distance in place or position or time
- not taken into account or excluded from consideration
- away from another or others
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
- one from the other
- into parts or pieces
Word Origin
- apart
- apart: [14] English acquired apart from Old French apart, where it was based on the Latin phrase ā parte ‘at or to the side’ (Latin pars, part- is the source of English part). By the time it came into English it already contained the notion of separation.=> part
- apart (adv.)
- late 14c., from Old French à part "to the side," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + partem, accusative of pars "a side" (see part (n.)).
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Example
- 1. The two coastal cities are nearly 500 kilometers apart across the gulf of sirte .
- 2. His experiments with prototypes have shown that posts spaced 100 metres apart work best .
- 3. The farther apart your two observation points are , the more dramatic this shifting becomes .
- 4. Going back and forth between two homes can be tough , especially if parents live far apart .
- 5. Lang lang 's parents made huge sacrifices to support his studies , living hundreds of miles apart for many years .