Apart | Mean of apart in English Dictionary

/əˈpɑɚt/

• separated by an amount of space
1. He stood with his feet planted far/wide apart.
2. with legs apart
3. They live five miles apart (from each other).
4. The garage stands apart from the house. [=the garage is separate from the house]
5. He stood apart while the other members of the team celebrated.
6. They started fighting and it took four people to pull them apart (from each other). [=to separate them]
7. She tried to keep apart from [=to stay out of] family arguments.
8. She has a quality that sets her apart from other singers. [=that makes her different from other singers]
9. They were close friends once, but they have drifted/grown apart. [=they are no longer close friends]
10. They are far apart on most issues. = They are worlds/poles apart on most issues. [=they disagree very much on most issues]
11. The neighborhood she lives in now is a world apart from [=is completely different from] the small town where she grew up.
• separated by an amount of time
1. Their children were born two years apart.
• not together
1. My wife and I are unhappy when we're apart.
2. They separated and have been living apart for the past year.

• into parts or pieces
1. He took the clock apart.
2. The old couch is falling apart. = The old couch is coming apart at the seams.
3. blast/blow/break/fly apart
4. cut/pry/pull apart
5. rip/tear/split apart
• not including (something)
1. The potatoes were a little salty, but apart from [=except for] that, the food was very good.
• other than (something)
1. Apart from his work, his only real interest is baseball.
2. The work has value in itself, quite apart from the good effects it produces.
3. I don't like it. Apart from anything else, it's too expensive.
• separately from (something)
1. This problem needs to be considered apart from the other issues.
• separate or different from others
1. in a place apart
2. a man apart
3. Those athletes are a breed apart. [=they are not like other people; they are a special type of people]