| adjective | remote and separate physically or socially; ; - W.H.Hudson “existed over the centuries as a world apart” |
| adjective | having characteristics not shared by others; - Vannever Bush “scientists felt they were a group apart” |
| adverb | separated or at a distance in place or position or time “These towns are many miles apart” |
| adverb | not taken into account or excluded from consideration “these problems apart, the country is doing well” |
| adverb | away from another or others “they grew apart over the years” |
| adverb | placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose “had a feeling of being set apart” |
| adverb | one from the other “people can't tell the twins apart” |
| adverb | into parts or pieces “he took his father's watch apart” |