Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < OF a part to one side. See a -5, part)
Definition of 'apart'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)apart(p), isolated, obscure remote and separate physically or socially "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"
2. (adverb)apart(p) having characteristics not shared by others "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush
3. (adverb)apart 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"
4. (adverb)apart, aside not taken into account or excluded from consideration "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"
5. (adverb)apart away from another or others "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart"
6. (adverb)aside, apart placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing"
7. (adverb)apart one from the other "people can't tell the twins apart"
8. (adverb)apart, asunder into parts or pieces "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder"
1. (adverb)apart separated by space or time two trees standing six feet apart; so much time spent apart from his children; brother born ten years apart
2. apart separated into pieces The table fell apart.; to take the engine apart
3. apart different from each other Our beliefs are further apart now than they were when we met.
4. apart apart from with the exception of; = except for They all went swimming apart from Nikki.
5. apart in addition to, as well as; = besides Apart from French, what other languages do you speak?
2. (adverb)apart in a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently; as, consider the two propositions apart
3. (adverb)apart aside; away
4. (adverb)apart in two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart
Sense: separated by a certain distance The trees were planted three metres apart; with his feet apart; Their policies are far apart; She sat apart from the other people.
Definitions of apart 
Afrikaans: afsonderlik, apart
Arabic: مُنْفَصِل، مُتَفَرِّق
Bulgarian: отделно
Brazilian: afastado
Czech: ve vzdálenosti, odděleně
German: (voneinader) entfernt
Danish: fra hinanden; adskilt
Greek: σε ενδιάμεση απόσταση, χώ
Spanish: a una distancia de
Estonian: lahus, eraldi
Farsi: در فاصلۀ کم؛ جدا
Finnish: erillään
French: à/de distance, écarté, él
Hebrew: בְּנִפְרַד
Hindi: पृथक
Croatian: odijeljen
Hungarian: széjjel, külön, félre
Indonesian: terpisah
Icelandic: í sundur, hvor frá öðrum,
Italian: di distanza; distante
Japanese: 離れて
Korean: 구별하여
Lithuanian: (kokiu) atstumu, vienas n
Latvian: ar ieplestām kājām
Malay: terpisah
Dutch: uit elkaar
Norwegian: fra hverandre, atskilt
Polish: (oddalony) od siebie, oso
Persian: در فاصلۀ کم؛ جدا
Pashto: په ډیره لږه موده کی، ځانګ
Portuguese: afastado
Romanian: la distanţă (de); depărta
Russian: в стороне; порознь
Slovak: od seba, oddelene
Slovenian: narazen, stran
Serbian: odvojeno
Swedish: isär
Thai: แยกจาก
Turkish: ayrı
Taiwanese: 相隔
Ukrainian: окремо; на віддалі
Urdu: الگ ، علیحدہ
Vietnamese: cách nhau
Chinese: 相隔
