How do you pronounce apart?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈpɑɹt/.

Where does apart come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

apart

/əˈpɑɹt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: apart
IPA: /əˈpɑɹt/

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Meaning

adv

Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

adv

Separately, exclusively, not together.

adv

In or into two or more parts.

adv

To the side; aside.

postp

Excluded from consideration.

adj

Exceptional, distinct.

adj

Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

adj

Separate, on the side.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Others apart sat on a hill retired."
"But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself."
"Consider the two propositions apart."
"We took the computer apart and put it back together."
"Love, love will tear us apart, again."

Etymology

From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: apart, a part, ad partem

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈpɑɹt/
British English: /əˈpɑːt/

Inflected Forms

more apart (comparative) further apart (comparative) farther apart (comparative) most apart (superlative) furthest apart (superlative) farthest apart (superlative)

Derived Forms

apartness

Phrases

a breed apart apart from blow apart break apart come apart drift apart fall apart fly apart

Synonyms

independently separately absolutely abstractedly abstractly apart discretely individually properly serely severally singly

Antonyms

together

Rhymes With

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