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adverb

ə-ˈpärt How to pronounce apart (audio)
Definition of apartnext
as in to pieces
into parts or pieces the fancy new adjustable rake came apart the first time I tried to use it

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adjective

as in nowhere

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Recent Examples of apart
Adverb
The Challenger space shuttle disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the spacecraft broke apart 73 seconds after lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, killing all seven crew members aboard. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 The story centers on two ex-lovers who come back into each other’s lives after spending decades apart, only to find old feelings stirring with messy and mixed results. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Adjective
Cover and cook on high for 4 to 5 hours or low for 7 to 8 hours, until the beef is fall-apart tender. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026 The falling apart part is crucial. — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for apart
Recent Examples of Synonyms for apart
  1. asunder
  2. nowhere
  3. isolated
  4. outlying
  5. secluded
  6. retired
  7. secret
  8. odd
Adverb
  • This destruction derby, which was recently observed by the James Webb Space Telescope, has a messy distribution of mass that only makes sense if dark matter and ordinary matter got torn asunder during the collision.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • All asunder in the face and his eyes like a frightened bird’s?
    — Kevin Barry, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of asunder
Adjective
  • The guy who came out of nowhere wins where no one else usually does.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Our range includes a meandering cowboy odyssey that sprawls from a nowhere town in Texas to Big Sky country, a poignantly observant memoir from a wild child Dreamlander, and a careful dissection of a situationship set to the rhythms of 1970s Brazil.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of nowhere
Adjective
  • Scattered to isolated rain will begin as soon as this morning as warm air begins to move in ahead of the cold front today.
    — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • NemoClaw operates in an isolated sandbox, so users can leverage its ability to write code, consult the web, and use apps without worrying a malfunction will compromise live systems.
    — Shubham Agarwal, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of isolated
Adjective
  • Philadelphia should stay closer to the upper 30s, but sensitive plants in outlying areas may need protection.
    — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Most of those contributions were small, with a few outlying donations that were in the thousands.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of outlying
Adjective
  • Seated on the quieter, south end of the beach, this is a remarkably secluded alcove made for retreat.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Oh, and living upstairs in a secluded environment is Ultron (James Spader).
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of secluded
Adjective
  • That night, it would be signed by the oceanographer, former Navy captain, and retired astronaut Kathryn Sullivan—the first person to both walk in outer space and visit the deepest point of the ocean, in the Mariana Trench.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Kodiak employs a retired California Highway Patrol officer who works with law enforcement on how to interact with driverless trucks.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of retired
Adjective
  • Perhaps that doubt is the secret melancholy at the heart of even their most seemingly celebratory songs.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
  • On Monday, a court granted the US government’s request to deny release of a former OpenAI engineer accused of bugging a top-secret conference room to steal the frontier lab’s secrets.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of secret
Adjective
  • And this isn’t even to mention the especially odd idea of an acting nomination coming from a documentary, no matter how many recreations there are in it.
    — Jackson Murphy, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In other cases, the warriors look unrecognizable, and more like odd scribbles.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of odd

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“Apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apart. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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