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apart

adv
/əˈpɑːt/UK/əˈpɑɹt/US

Etymology

From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).

  1. derived from ad partem — “to the side”
  2. derived from a part
  3. inherited from apart

Definitions

  1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time).

    • We had a large bus and I had two of them at the front and two at the back, and I had to sit in the middle and keep them apart.
    • Others apart sat on a hill retired.
    • But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.

  2. Separately, exclusively, not together.

    • Consider the two propositions apart.

  3. In or into two or more parts.

    • We took the computer apart and put it back together.
    • Love, love will tear us apart, again.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To the side

      To the side; aside.

      • Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
      • Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.

    2. Excluded from consideration.

      • Joking apart, what do you think?

    3. Exceptional, distinct.

      • In aristocracies, servants are a class apart.

    4. Having been taken apart

      Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.

    5. Separate, on the side.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at apart. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at apart. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at apart

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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