Definition of Apart

Adverb: apart u'paa(r)t

Separated or at a distance in place or position or time
"These towns are many miles apart"; "stood with his legs apart"; "born two years apart"
Not taken into account or excluded from consideration
"these problems apart, the country is doing well";
- aside
Away from another or others
"they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart"
Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
"had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart";
- aside
One from the other
"people can't tell the twins apart"
Into parts or pieces
"he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart";
- asunder

Adjective: apart u'paa(r)t

Remote and separate physically or socially
"existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart";
- isolated, obscure
Having characteristics not shared by others
"scientists felt they were a group apart"