apart
Placed separatelyPlaced separately (in regard to space or time).
» He stood with his legs wide apart.
Він стояв широко розставивши ноги.
Meaning
4 sensesPlaced separately (in regard to space or time).
Separately, exclusively, not together.
Consider the two propositions apart.
In or into two or more parts.
We took the computer apart and put it back together.
into parts or pieces
To the side; aside.
Examples
653 sentencesHe stood with his legs wide apart.
Він стояв широко розставивши ноги.
He likes to take electric devices apart.
Йому подобається розбирати елекроприбори.
ruЕму нравится разбирать электроприборы.
deEr nimmt gerne elektrische Geräte auseinander.
I can't tell Tom and his brother apart.
Я не можу відрізнити Тома від його брата.
I can't tell Tom and his younger brother apart.
Я не можу відрізнити Тома від його молодшого брата.
ruЯ не могу отличить Тома от его младшего брата.
deIch kann Tom nicht von seinem jüngeren Bruder unterscheiden.
How do you tell them apart?
Як ти їх відрізняєш?
ruКак вы их различаете?
deWie unterscheidest du sie voneinander?
Origin
From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin adFrom Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
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Forms
more apart/further apart/farther apart, most apart/furthest apart/farthest apart| Comparative | more apart / further apart / farther apart Lesson |
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| Superlative | most apart / furthest apart / farthest apart |
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Synonyms
22 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
Collocations
5 patterns- falling apart
- twins apart
- is falling apart
- apart from his
- grown apart