Apart from
into pieces or parts; to pieces:
to take a watch apart; an old barn falling apart from decay.
separately in place, time, motion, etc.:
new york and tokyo are thousands of miles apart. our birthdays are three days apart.
to or at one side, with respect to place, purpose, or function:
to put money apart for education; to keep apart from the group out of pride.
separately or individually in consideration:
each factor viewed apart from the others.
aside (used with a gerund or noun):
joking apart, what do you think?
having independent or unique qualities, features, or characteristics (usually used following the noun it modifies):
a cl-ss apart.
take apart,
to dis-ssemble:
to take a clock apart.
informal. to criticize; attack:
she was taken apart for her controversial stand.
to subject to intense examination:
he will take your feeble excuses apart.
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
apart from other considerations, time is a factor.
adjective, adverb (postpositive)
to pieces or in pieces: he had the television apart on the floor
placed or kept separately or to one side for a particular purpose, reason, etc; aside (esp in the phrases set or put apart)
separate in time, place, or position; at a distance: he stood apart from the group, two points three feet apart
not being taken into account; aside: these difficulties apart, the project ran smoothly
individual; distinct; separate: a race apart
separately or independently in use, thought, or function: considered apart, his reasoning was faulty
(preposition) apart from, besides; other than
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.)).
also, aside from. besides, except for. for example, apart from jogging occasionally in the park, she gets no exercise, or aside from sunday dinner with his parents they have not gone out for months. the first term dates from the early 1600s, the variant from the early 1800s.
in addition to the idiom beginning with
apart
also see:
come apart
fall apart
pick apart
poles apart
set apart
take apart
tear apart
tell apart
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