apart
apart is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. 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.
- 2.Aside; away. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness." Jas. i.
- 3.Let Pleasure go, put Care apart. Keble.
- 4.In two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abandonment
- ablude
- abstract
- ace
- all
- alone
- alteration
- and
- another
- apple
- aside
- atomic
- away
- azygous
- banish
- bar
- bating
- beat
- behind
- blackball
- but
- cast
- cede
- cession
- change
- characteristic
- cofferdam
- color
- combine
- compact
- contradistinction
- contrast
- course
- culls
- daedal
- deed
- delicate
- derelict
- dereliction
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is apart.
- What is 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 called?
- What is aside; away. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness." Jas. i called?
- What is in two or more parts; asunder; to piece; as, to take a piece of machinery apart called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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