definition of
apart

[1] #1 apart r. 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". wn

[2] #2 apart r. [aside] not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy". wn

[3] #3 apart s. [isolated, obscure] 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". wn

[4] #4 apart r. away from another or others; "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart". wn

[5] #5 apart s. having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush. wn