From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
Meanings
(after a noun or in the predicate, not-comparable) Exceptional, distinct.
In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.
(not-comparable) Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
(not-comparable) Separate, on the side.
The young lover was in waiting, to hand them out of the large substantial carriage, and the first quiet moment that he could find for an apart whisper, said, "What can be the reason that your mother has never taken the slightest notice of my letter?" 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 172:
la segregatim (in a state of separation) · ja ばらばらに (in two or more parts; asunder) · scn a pizzuḍḍi (in two or more parts; asunder) · csb apart (aside; away) · ru вон (aside; away) · ru разде́льно (separately, in regard to space or company) · pdt enaunda (separately, in regard to space or company) · nl apart (separately, in regard to space or company) · gd air leth (aside; away) · hu különválasztva (in a state of separation) · gd air leth (in a state of separation) · txb waiptār (separately, in regard to space or company) · sv isär (in two or more parts; asunder) · hu szét- (in two or more parts; asunder) · scn sparti (aside; away) · hu elkülönülten (separately, in regard to space or company) · fi erillään (in a state of separation) · gd air leth (separately, in regard to space or company) · ru отде́льно (separately, in regard to space or company) · ja 別々に (separately, in regard to space or company) · ru прочь (aside; away) · pt à parte (in a state of separation) · scn di latu (aside; away) · ru в сто́рону (aside; away) · ru доло́й (aside; away) · pl osobno (separately, in regard to space or company) · pt à parte (aside; away) · pt à parte (separately, in regard to space or company) · ru обосо́бленно (in a state of separation) · bg отделно (separately, in regard to space or company) · de beiseite (aside; away) · ru на ча́сти (in two or more parts; asunder) · ru на куски́ (in two or more parts; asunder) · fi syrjään (separately, in regard to space or company) · de in Stücke (in two or more parts; asunder) · es aparte (aside; away) · hu félretéve (aside; away) · id terlepas (in a state of separation) · uk окре́мо (in a state of separation) · de getrennt (separately, in regard to space or company) · hu elkülönülve (separately, in regard to space or company) · grc νόσφι (separately, in regard to space or company) · hu egyenként (in a state of separation) · cmn 分別 /分别 (separately, in regard to space or company) · scn sparti (separately, in regard to space or company) · bg настрана (separately, in regard to space or company) · es separadamente (separately, in regard to space or company) · mi tātahi (separately, in regard to space or company) · scn 'n 'ui (in two or more parts; asunder) · fi syrjässä (aside; away) · fr à part (separately, in regard to space or company) · pt afastado (in a state of separation) · ang sundor (separately, in regard to space or company) · fi erilleen (in a state of separation) · ru врозь (separately, in regard to space or company) · es aparte (separately, in regard to space or company) · it separatamente (in a state of separation) · bg поотделно (in a state of separation) · cmn 分離地 /分离地 (separately, in regard to space or company) · it separatamente (separately, in regard to space or company) · uk окре́мо (separately, in regard to space or company) · mk одделно (separately, in regard to space or company) · hu külön (separately, in regard to space or company) · ga ar leith (separately, in regard to space or company) · hu elkülönítve (in a state of separation) · la seorsum (in a state of separation) · la segregatim (aside; away) · hu külön-külön (in a state of separation) · cmn 四分五裂 (separately, in regard to space or company) · la segregatim (separately, in regard to space or company) · ca a part (separately, in regard to space or company) · csb apart (separately, in regard to space or company) · ru отде́льно (in a state of separation) · ca a part (aside; away) · fi syrjässä (separately, in regard to space or company) · fr en morceaux (in two or more parts; asunder) · bg настрана (aside; away) · hu félre (aside; away) · id terlepas (separately, in regard to space or company) · eo aparte (in a state of separation) · ru по́рознь (separately, in regard to space or company) · la segregatim (in two or more parts; asunder) · pdt uteneen (separately, in regard to space or company) · de entzwei (in two or more parts; asunder) · uk осторонь (separately, in regard to space or company) · fr séparément (separately, in regard to space or company) · scn sparti (in a state of separation) · csb apart (in a state of separation) · fr séparé (separately, in regard to space or company) · fi erilleen (in two or more parts; asunder) · sa वि (in two or more parts; asunder) · pt distante (aside; away) · fi syrjään (aside; away) · fi erillään (in two or more parts; asunder) · la seorsum (separately, in regard to space or company) · fr en pièces (in two or more parts; asunder) · fi erikseen (in a state of separation) · pt de lado (aside; away) · it a pezzi (in two or more parts; asunder)
From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
Meanings
Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 4:3:
We had a large bus and I had two of them at the front and two at the back, and I had to sit in the middle and keep them apart. 2015, Johnny Rogan, Ray Davies: A Complicated Life:
Others apart sat on a hill retired. 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
Separately, exclusively, not together.
Consider the two propositions apart.
In or into two or more parts.
Love, love will tear us apart, again. 1980, Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”:
We took the computer apart and put it back together.
To the side; aside.
Let Pleasure go, put Care apart. 1827, John Keble, “The Snow-Drop”, in The Christian Year:
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 1:21: