[əˈpɑːt], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- (of two or more people or things) separated by a specified distance in time or space
(e.g: two stone gateposts some thirty feet apart)

- to or on one side; at a distance from the main body
(e.g: Isabel stepped away from Joanna and stood apart)

- so as to be shattered; into pieces
(e.g: he leapt out of the car just before it was blown apart)


Phrases:
- apart from

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin a parte ‘at the side’