apart
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɑː(ɹ)t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɑɹt/, enPR: ə-pärt′
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
AdverbEdit
apart (comparative more apart, superlative most apart)
- Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
- 2015, Johnny Rogan, Ray Davies: A Complicated Life:
- 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.
- 1667, Milton, John, Paradise Lost:
- Others apart sat on a hill retired.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 4:3:
- But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.
- separately, exclusively, not together
- Consider the two propositions apart.
- Aside; away; not included.
- Joking apart, what do you think?
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 1:21:
- Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- 1827, Keble, John, “The Snow-Drop”, in The Christian Year:
- Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.
- In or into two or more parts.
- 1980, Joy Division (lyrics and music), “Love Will Tear Us Apart”:
- Love, love will tear us apart, again.
- We took the computer apart and put it back together.
SynonymsEdit
- (in a state of separation): independently, separately; see also Thesaurus:individually
- (in or into two or more parts): asunder, in twain; see also Thesaurus:asunder
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
terms derived from apart (adverb)
TranslationsEdit
separately, in regard to space or company
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in a state of separation
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aside; away
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in two or more parts; asunder
PrepositionEdit
apart
- (following its objective complement) Apart from.
- A handful of examples apart, an English preposition precedes its complement.
SynonymsEdit
- bar, except for; see also Thesaurus:except
TranslationsEdit
apart from — see apart from
AdjectiveEdit
apart (not comparable)
- (Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct.
- in a class apart.
- Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
- Separate, on the side.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 172:
- The young lover was in waiting, to hand them out of the large substantial carriage, and the first quiet moment that he could find for an apart whisper, said, "What can be the reason that your mother has never taken the slightest notice of my letter?"
NounEdit
apart
ReferencesEdit
apart in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch apart, from Middle French a part.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
apart (attributive aparte, comparative aparter, superlative apartste)
Derived termsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle French a part.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
apart (comparative aparter, superlative apartst)
- separate
- Over het algemeen vindt men vier kleuren in een inkjetprinter. Zwart zit bijna altijd in een aparte cartridge, de andere kleuren kunnen ook in één cartridge zitten.
- In general one finds four colors in an inkjet printer. Black is almost always in a separate cartridge, the other colors can also be in a single cartridge.
- unusual
- Hij draagt zeer aparte hoeden.
- He wears very unusual hats.
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of apart | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | apart | |||
| inflected | aparte | |||
| comparative | aparter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | apart | aparter | het apartst het apartste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | aparte | apartere | apartste |
| n. sing. | apart | aparter | apartste | |
| plural | aparte | apartere | apartste | |
| definite | aparte | apartere | apartste | |
| partitive | aparts | aparters | — | |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: apart
- Berbice Creole Dutch: apati
- Negerhollands: apart
- → Papiamentu: apart
- → Sranan Tongo: apart, aparti
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
apart (strong nominative masculine singular aparter, comparative aparter, superlative am apartesten)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of apart
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist apart | sie ist apart | es ist apart | sie sind apart | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | aparter | aparte | apartes | aparte |
| genitive | aparten | aparter | aparten | aparter | |
| dative | apartem | aparter | apartem | aparten | |
| accusative | aparten | aparte | apartes | aparte | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der aparte | die aparte | das aparte | die aparten |
| genitive | des aparten | der aparten | des aparten | der aparten | |
| dative | dem aparten | der aparten | dem aparten | den aparten | |
| accusative | den aparten | die aparte | das aparte | die aparten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein aparter | eine aparte | ein apartes | (keine) aparten |
| genitive | eines aparten | einer aparten | eines aparten | (keiner) aparten | |
| dative | einem aparten | einer aparten | einem aparten | (keinen) aparten | |
| accusative | einen aparten | eine aparte | ein apartes | (keine) aparten | |
Comparative forms of apart
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist aparter | sie ist aparter | es ist aparter | sie sind aparter | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | aparterer | apartere | aparteres | apartere |
| genitive | aparteren | aparterer | aparteren | aparterer | |
| dative | aparterem | aparterer | aparterem | aparteren | |
| accusative | aparteren | apartere | aparteres | apartere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der apartere | die apartere | das apartere | die aparteren |
| genitive | des aparteren | der aparteren | des aparteren | der aparteren | |
| dative | dem aparteren | der aparteren | dem aparteren | den aparteren | |
| accusative | den aparteren | die apartere | das apartere | die aparteren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein aparterer | eine apartere | ein aparteres | (keine) aparteren |
| genitive | eines aparteren | einer aparteren | eines aparteren | (keiner) aparteren | |
| dative | einem aparteren | einer aparteren | einem aparteren | (keinen) aparteren | |
| accusative | einen aparteren | eine apartere | ein aparteres | (keine) aparteren | |
Superlative forms of apart
Further readingEdit
LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
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VerbEdit
apart (tr. or intr., 1st conj., pres. aparu, apar, apar, past aparu)
- (perfective) to till (land, field) by plowing
- apart laukumu, tīrumu ― to plow, till the field
- apart platu joslu ap dārzu ― to plow, till a wide zone around the garden
- to overturn (an obstacle) while plowing; to overturn (an obstacle) and plow
- apart velēnas, rugājus ― to plow the turf, stubble (after turning it over)
- traktorists ar krūmu arklu apar alkšņus, sīkstus kārklus ― the tractor driver plows through alder bushes and tough osiers with the bush plow
- to cover (e.g., planted potatoes) with earth by plowing around, by deepening the furrows; to furrow
- bija jāapar kartupeļi, tie zaļoja kā mežs; lai neiznāktu tikai laksti vien, vajadēja lakstus apmest nedaudz ar zemi - to izdarīja spīļu arkls ― it was time to plow around the potatoes, they had grown like a forest; so that not only leaves and stems would come out, it was necessary to throw some earth around them - the jaw plow does that
- (perfective) to plow around (to change direction around something while plowing; to plow the area around something)
- apart ap dārzu ― to plow around the garden
- art, apart akmenim apkārt ― to plow around the stone, rock
ConjugationEdit
conjugation of apart
| INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (tagadne) |
Past (pagātne) |
Future (nākotne) | |||
| 1st pers. sg. | es | aparu | aparu | aparšu | — |
| 2nd pers. sg. | tu | apar | apari | aparsi | apar |
| 3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | apar | apara | apars | lai apar |
| 1st pers. pl. | mēs | aparam | aparām | aparsim | aparsim |
| 2nd pers. pl. | jūs | aparat | aparāt | aparsiet, aparsit |
apariet |
| 3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | apar | apara | apars | lai apar |
| RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
| Present | aparot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | aparošs | ||
| Past | esot aparis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | apardams | ||
| Future | aparšot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | aparot | ||
| Imperative | lai aparot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | aparam | ||
| CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | aparis | |||
| Present | apartu | Present Passive | aparams | ||
| Past | būtu aparis | Past Passive | aparts | ||
| DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
| Indicative | (būt) jāapar | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | apart | ||
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jāapar | Negative Infinitive | neapart | ||
| Conjunctive 2 | jāaparot | Verbal noun | aparšana | ||