ENGLISH: apart - CREOLE: detache



Overview of adj apart



The adj apart has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) apart, isolated, obscure -- (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")

2. apart, separate, separated -- (not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated")

3. apart -- (having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush)



Overview of adv apart



The adv apart has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (18) apart -- (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. (10) apart, aside -- (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. (1) apart -- (away from another or others; "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart")

4. aside, apart -- (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. apart -- (one from the other; "people can't tell the twins apart")

6. apart, asunder -- (into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder")

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