apart
UK /əˈpɑːt/US /əˈpɑɹt/
- adverb 4
- adjective 3
- postposition 1
- forms 6
- phrases 17
adverb4
adjective3
postposition1
forms
farther apart · further apart · more apart · farthest apart · furthest apart · most apart
Phrases with apart
- blow apartTo destroy (something) by explosion or figuratively similar disasters (e.g. a scandal for a company).
- break apartTo dismantle something into its base components.
- come apartTo break, separate.
- drift apartTo lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.
- fall apartTo disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- fly apartTo break into many pieces by exploding, literally or figuratively.
- grow apartTo gradually become estranged.
- pick apartTo review or analyse in great detail
- poles apartTotally opposite.
- pull apartTo become separated as a result of pulling.
- rip apartTo be destroyed due to the malevolent actions of others.
- set apartTo select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
- take apartTo soundly defeat someone, or a (sport) team.
- tear apartTo cause to separate suddenly or violently.
- tease apartTo carefully separate two interlaced or interlocking items; to figuratively separate two opposing or overlapping concepts.
- tell apartTo perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.
- worlds apartVastly different.