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, Milton, John, Paradise Lost:

     Others apart sat on a hill retired.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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.

3. Aside; away; not included.

   Joking apart, what do you think?

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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, Keble, John, “The Snow-Drop”, in The Christian Year:

     Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.

4. In or into two or more parts.
   • 1980, Joy Division (lyrics and music), “Love Will Tear Us Apart”:

     Love, love will tear us apart, again.

   We took the computer apart and put it back together.

• (in a state of separation): independently, separately; see also Thesaurus:individually
• (in or into two or more parts): asunder, in twain; see also Thesaurus:asunder

• together

apart

1. (following its objective complement) Apart from.

   A handful of examples apart, an English preposition precedes its complement.

• bar, except for; see also Thesaurus:except

apart (not comparable)

1. (Used 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 1000392275, 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.

apart in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

• 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

Borrowed from French à part.

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

1. fancy, distinctive

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

From ap- +‎ art (“to plow”).

• IPA^(key): [apâɾt]

apart (tr. or intr., 1st conj., pres. 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