Adjective
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having characteristics not shared by others
"scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush
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remote and separate physically or socially
"existed over the centuries as a world apart"
"preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson
"tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"
"an obscure village"
Adverb
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into parts or pieces
"he took his father's watch apart"
"split apart"
"torn asunder"
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one from the other
"people can't tell the twins apart"
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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"
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away from another or others
"they grew apart over the years"
"kept apart from the group out of shyness"
"decided to live apart"
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not taken into account or excluded from consideration
"these problems apart, the country is doing well"
"all joking aside, I think you're crazy"
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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"