Main Entry:

¹apart

Pronunciation:

\ə-ˈpärt\

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>