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a·part
 apart
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- pronunciation:
part
- phrases:
- tell apart
| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
If two things are not together anymore, we can say they are apart. They are separate. If your friend lived near you, but then she moved away, it means that the two of you are apart now. Also, when two things don't happen at the same time, but instead there is time between them, we say the two things happen apart.
Our cats don't like each other, so we keep them apart.All three children in my family were born two years apart. |
| definition 2: |
When something comes apart or falls apart, it separates into different pieces. Something that was one thing becomes many things.
The cake fell apart when I tried to get it out of the pan.I was putting on my watch and it came apart.The bowl broke apart when I dropped it. |
| phrase: |
tell apart |
| derivation: |
apartness (n.) |
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