əˈpɑː(ɹ)t əˈpɑɹt əˈpɑː(ɹ)t əˈpɑɹt əˈsaɪd əˈsʌndɚ ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd əbˈskjʊə(ɹ) əbˈskjʊɹ not taken into account or excluded from consideration these problems apart, the country is doing well all joking aside, I think you're crazy into parts or pieces he took his father's watch apart split apart torn asunder 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 one from the other people can't tell the twins apart placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose had a feeling of being set apart quality sets it apart a day set aside for relaxing away from another or others they grew apart over the years kept apart from the group out of shyness decided to live apart remote and separate physically or socially existed over the centuries as a world apart preserved because they inhabited a place apart tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization an obscure village having characteristics not shared by others scientists felt they were a group apart