apart
Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
Adverb 4 meanings
Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
Separately, exclusively, not together.
“Consider the two propositions apart.”
In or into two or more parts.
“We took the computer apart and put it back together.”
To the side; aside.
Adjective 3 meanings
Exceptional, distinct.
“In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.”
Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
Separate, on the side.
Etymology
From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
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APART at a glance
APART has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (A 1 + P 3 + A 1 + R 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,665 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with apart
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- SPART7
- APERT7
- APORT7
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