Adverb
1. separated or at a distance in place or position or time;
"These towns are many miles apart""stood with his legs apart""born two years apart"2. not taken into account or excluded from consideration;
"these problems apart, the country is doing well""all joking aside, I think you're crazy"3. away from another or others;
"they grew apart over the years""kept apart from the group out of shyness""decided to live apart"4. placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose;
"had a feeling of being set apart""quality sets it apart""a day set aside for relaxing"5. one from the other;
"people can't tell the twins apart"6. into parts or pieces;
"he took his father's watch apart""split apart""torn asunder"