apart

See also: appart and à part

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑː(ɹ)t/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑɹt/, enPR: ə-pärt′
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Adverb

apart (comparative more apart, superlative most apart)

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.
separately, exclusively, not together
Consider the two propositions apart.
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.
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.

Synonyms

(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

Antonyms

together

Derived terms

terms derived from apart (adverb)

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

Translations

separately, in regard to space or company

Bulgarian: настрана (bg) (nastrana), отделно (bg) (otdelno)
Catalan: a part (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分離地／分离地 (zh) (fēnlí de), 分別／分别 (zh) (fēnbié), 四分五裂 (zh) (sìfēnwǔliè)
Dutch: apart (nl)
Finnish: syrjässä (fi), syrjään
French: séparé (fr), séparément (fr), à part (fr)
German: getrennt (de)
Greek:
Ancient: (Epic) νόσφι (nósphi)
Hungarian: külön (hu), elkülönülve/elkülönülten (hu)
Indonesian: terlepas (id)
Irish: ar leith
Italian: separatamente (it)
Japanese: 別々に (ja) (べつべつに, betsubetsu ni)
Latin: seorsum, segregatim
Macedonian: одделно (oddelno)
Maori: tātahi
Plautdietsch: enaunda, uteneen
Polish: osobno (pl)
Portuguese: à parte (pt)
Russian: отде́льно (ru) (otdélʹno), врозь (ru) (vrozʹ), по́рознь (ru) (póroznʹ), разде́льно (ru) (razdélʹno)
Scottish Gaelic: air leth
Spanish: aparte (es), separadamente (es)
Tocharian B: waiptār,
Ukrainian: окре́мо (okrémo), осторонь (ostoronʹ)

in a state of separation

Bulgarian: поотделно (pootdelno)
Finnish: erillään (fi), erilleen (fi), erikseen (fi)
Hungarian: külön-külön (hu), különválasztva (hu), elkülönítve (hu), egyenként (hu)
Indonesian: terlepas (id)
Italian: separatamente (it)
Latin: seorsum, segregatim
Portuguese: à parte (pt), afastado (pt)
Russian: отде́льно (ru) (otdélʹno), обосо́бленно (ru) (obosóblenno)
Scottish Gaelic: air leth
Ukrainian: окре́мо (okrémo)

aside; away

Bulgarian: настрана (bg) (nastrana)
Catalan: a part (ca)
Finnish: syrjässä (fi), syrjään
German: beiseite (de)
Hungarian: félretéve (hu), félre (hu)
Latin: segregatim
Portuguese: à parte (pt), de lado (pt), distante (pt)
Russian: прочь (ru) (pročʹ), вон (ru) (von), доло́й (ru) (dolój), в сто́рону (v stóronu)
Scottish Gaelic: air leth
Spanish: aparte (es)

in two or more parts; asunder

Finnish: erillään (fi), erilleen (fi)
French: en morceaux, en pièces (fr)
German: entzwei (de), in Stücke
Hungarian: szét- (hu)
Italian: a pezzi
Japanese: ばらばらに (ja) (barabara ni)
Latin: segregatim
Russian: на ча́сти (na části), на куски́ (na kuskí)
Sanskrit: वि (sa) (vi)
Swedish: isär (sv)

Preposition

apart

(following its objective complement) Apart from.
A handful of examples apart, an English preposition precedes its complement.

Synonyms

bar, except for; see also Thesaurus:except

Translations

apart from — see apart from

Adjective

apart (not comparable)

(Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.
in a class apart.
Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
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?"

Noun

apart

Misspelling of a part.

References

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

Anagrams

prata, rap at

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch apart, from Middle French a part.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈpart/

Adjective

apart (attributive aparte, comparative aparter, superlative apartste)

separate

Derived terms

apartheid

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French a part.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːˈpɑrt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: apart
Rhymes: -ɑrt

Adjective

apart (comparative aparter, superlative apartst)

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.
unusual
Hij draagt zeer aparte hoeden.
He wears very unusual hats.

Inflection

Inflection of apart
uninflected	apart
inflected	aparte
comparative	aparter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		apart	aparter	het apartst het apartste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	aparte	apartere	apartste
	n. sing.	apart	aparter	apartste
	plural	aparte	apartere	apartste
definite		aparte	apartere	apartste
partitive		aparts	aparters	—

Derived terms

apartheid

Descendants

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

Anagrams

praat, raapt

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French à part.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Adjective

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

fancy, distinctive

Declension

Positive forms of apart

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist apart	sie ist apart	es ist apart	sie sind apart
strong declension (without article)	nominative	aparter	aparte	apartes	aparte
	genitive	aparten	aparter	aparten	aparter
	dative	apartem	aparter	apartem	aparten
	accusative	aparten	aparte	apartes	aparte
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der aparte	die aparte	das aparte	die aparten
	genitive	des aparten	der aparten	des aparten	der aparten
	dative	dem aparten	der aparten	dem aparten	den aparten
	accusative	den aparten	die aparte	das aparte	die aparten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein aparter	eine aparte	ein apartes	(keine) aparten
	genitive	eines aparten	einer aparten	eines aparten	(keiner) aparten
	dative	einem aparten	einer aparten	einem aparten	(keinen) aparten
	accusative	einen aparten	eine aparte	ein apartes	(keine) aparten

Comparative forms of apart

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist aparter	sie ist aparter	es ist aparter	sie sind aparter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	aparterer	apartere	aparteres	apartere
	genitive	aparteren	aparterer	aparteren	aparterer
	dative	aparterem	aparterer	aparterem	aparteren
	accusative	aparteren	apartere	aparteres	apartere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der apartere	die apartere	das apartere	die aparteren
	genitive	des aparteren	der aparteren	des aparteren	der aparteren
	dative	dem aparteren	der aparteren	dem aparteren	den aparteren
	accusative	den aparteren	die apartere	das apartere	die aparteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein aparterer	eine apartere	ein aparteres	(keine) aparteren
	genitive	eines aparteren	einer aparteren	eines aparteren	(keiner) aparteren
	dative	einem aparteren	einer aparteren	einem aparteren	(keinen) aparteren
	accusative	einen aparteren	eine apartere	ein aparteres	(keine) aparteren

Superlative forms of apart

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am apartesten	sie ist am apartesten	es ist am apartesten	sie sind am apartesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	apartester	aparteste	apartestes	aparteste
	genitive	apartesten	apartester	apartesten	apartester
	dative	apartestem	apartester	apartestem	apartesten
	accusative	apartesten	aparteste	apartestes	aparteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der aparteste	die aparteste	das aparteste	die apartesten
	genitive	des apartesten	der apartesten	des apartesten	der apartesten
	dative	dem apartesten	der apartesten	dem apartesten	den apartesten
	accusative	den apartesten	die aparteste	das aparteste	die apartesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein apartester	eine aparteste	ein apartestes	(keine) apartesten
	genitive	eines apartesten	einer apartesten	eines apartesten	(keiner) apartesten
	dative	einem apartesten	einer apartesten	einem apartesten	(keinen) apartesten
	accusative	einen apartesten	eine aparteste	ein apartestes	(keine) apartesten

Latvian

Etymology

From ap- +‎ art (“to plow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [apâɾt]

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Verb

apart (tr. or intr., 1st conj., pres. aparu, apar, apar, past aparu)

(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
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
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
(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

Conjugation

conjugation of apart

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)	IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
1st pers. sg.	es	aparu	aparu	aparšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	apar	apari	aparsi	apar
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	apar	apara	apars	lai apar
1st pers. pl.	mēs	aparam	aparām	aparsim	aparsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	aparat	aparāt	aparsiet, aparsit	apariet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	apar	apara	apars	lai apar

RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	aparot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		aparošs
Past	esot aparis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		apardams
Future	aparšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		aparot
Imperative	lai aparot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		aparam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		aparis
Present	apartu		Present Passive		aparams
Past	būtu aparis		Past Passive		aparts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāapar		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		apart
Conjunctive 1	esot jāapar		Negative Infinitive		neapart
Conjunctive 2	jāaparot		Verbal noun		aparšana

Synonyms

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

apart

English

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Afrikaans

Etymology

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Dutch

Etymology

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Descendants

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German

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Adjective

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Latvian

Etymology

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