apart

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective remote and separate physically or socially; ; - W.H.Hudson
  2. adjective having characteristics not shared by others; - Vannever Bush
  3. adverb separated or at a distance in place or position or time

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

isolated, obscure

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