apart

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑː(ɹ)t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑɹt/, enPR: ə-pärt′

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

apart (comparative more apart, superlative most apart)

1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
   • (Can we date this quote by Milton?)

     Others apart sat on a hill retired.

   • (Can we date this quote by Bible?) Ps. iv. 3.

     The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.

2. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently.

   Consider the two propositions apart.

3. Aside; away.
   • (Can we date this quote by Bible?) Jas. i. 21.

     Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.

   • (Can we date this quote by John Keble?)

     Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.

4. In or into two or more parts.

   to take a piece of machinery apart.

• (in or into two or more parts): asunder, in twain; see also Thesaurus:asunder

• together

apart

1. (following its objective complement) Apart from.

   A handful of examples apart, an English preposition precedes its complement.

• bar, except for; see also Thesaurus:except

apart (not comparable)

1. Exceptional, distinct.

   a world apart

2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

apart

1. Misspelling of a part.

• prata, rap at

Borrowed from Middle French a part.

• IPA^(key): /aːˈpɑrt/

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• Hyphenation: apart
• Rhymes: -ɑrt

apart (comparative aparter, superlative apartst)

1. 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.

2. unusual

• apartheid

• praat, raapt

From French à part.

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apart (comparative aparter, superlative am apartesten)

1. fancy, distinctive

• apart in Duden online

From ap- +‎ art (“to plow”).

• IPA^(key): [apâɾt]

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

1. (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

2. 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

3. 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

4. (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

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