apart

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French à part; (Latin ad) + part (“‘part’”). See part.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈpɑː(ɹ)t/, SAMPA: /@"pa:(r)t/
• (US) IPA: /əˈpəɹt/
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[edit] Adverb

apart (comparative more apart, superlative most apart)

1. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
   • Milton

     Others apart sat on a hill retired.

   • 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; as, consider the two propositions apart.
3. Aside; away.
   • Jas. i. 21.

     Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.

   • John Keble

     Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.

4. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.

[edit] Antonyms

• together

[edit] Derived terms

• apartness
• apart from
• fall apart
• pull apart
• set apart
• take apart
• tell apart
• worlds apart

[edit] Translations

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

apart (inflected aparte)

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.^[1] — In general one finds four colors in an inkjet printer. Black sits almost always in a separate cartridge, the other colors can also sit in a single cartridge.

[edit] Derived terms

• apartheid

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktpatroon

[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From French à part

[edit] Adjective

apart (comparative aparter, superlative am apartesten)

1. fancy, distinctive