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apart
What does apart mean?
apart (adverb): separated or at a distance in place or position or time.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use apart in a sentence?
- These towns are many miles apart. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Born two years apart. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce apart?
/əˈpɑɹt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does apart come from?
From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “apart” mean?
separated or at a distance in place or position or time
Right! That's what “apart” means.
to some extent; in some degree; not wholly
Not quite: that's what partly means.
at, near or towards the rear of something
Not quite: that's what backward means.
to a limited extent or degree; not completely
Not quite: that's what somewhat means.
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