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'

not taken into account or excluded from consideration; these problems apart, the country is doing well; all joking aside, I think youre crazy

[ Syn: aside , aside , aside , aside , aside , aside , aside , aside ]

away from another or others; they grew apart over the years; kept apart from the group out of shyness; decided to live 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

[ Syn: aside , aside , aside , aside , aside , aside , aside , aside ]

one from the other; people can't tell the twins apart'

into parts or pieces; he took his fathers watch apart; split apart; torn asunder

[ Syn: asunder , asunder , asunder , asunder , asunder , asunder , asunder , asunder ]

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

[ Syn: isolated , obscure ]

having characteristics not shared by others; scientists felt they were a group apart- Vannever Bush