adv.
Pronunciation: ə - ' pärt
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French a part, literally, to one side
Date: 14th century
1 a : at a little distance <tried to keep apart from the family squabbles> b : away from one another in space or time <towns 20 miles apart >
2 a : as a separate unit : INDEPENDENTLY <viewed apart , his arguments were unsound> b : so as to separate one from another <found it hard to tell the twins apart >
3 : excluded from consideration : ASIDE <a few blemishes apart , the novel is excellent>
4 : in or into two or more parts : to pieces <coming apart at the seams>