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[ adverb ] separated or at a distance in place or position or time
Examples "These towns are many miles apart" "stood with his legs apart" "born two years apart" |
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[ adverb ] not taken into account or excluded from consideration
Synonyms Examples "these problems apart, the country is doing well" "all joking aside, I think you're crazy" |
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[ adverb ] away from another or others
Examples "they grew apart over the years" "kept apart from the group out of shyness" "decided to live apart" |
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[ adverb ] placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
Synonyms Examples "had a feeling of being set apart" "quality sets it apart" "a day set aside for relaxing" |
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[ adverb ] into parts or pieces
Synonyms Examples "he took his father's watch apart" "split apart" "torn asunder" |
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[ adverb ] one from the other
Examples "people can't tell the twins apart" |
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[ adjective ] having characteristics not shared by others
Examples "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush |
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