apart

Comparative

more apart

Superlative

most apart

Adverb

Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1. 1.Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

   • Others apart sat on a hill retired.
   • 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.

2. 2.Separately, exclusively, not together.

   • Consider the two propositions apart.

3. 3.In or into two or more parts.

   • Love, love will tear us apart, again.
   • We took the computer apart and put it back together.

4. 4.To the side; aside.

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

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Exceptional, distinct.

   • In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.

2. 2.Separate, on the side.

3. 3.Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• aside

Word family

• apartment