apart

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adv. At a distance in place, position, or time: railings spaced two feet apart; born three years apart.
2. adv. Away from another or others: grew apart over the years; decided to live apart.
3. adv. In or into parts or pieces: split apart.
4. adv. One from another: I can't tell the twins apart.
5. adv. Aside or in reserve, as for a separate use or purpose: funds set apart for the project.
6. adv. As a distinct item or entity: Quality sets it apart.
7. adv. So as to except or exclude from consideration; aside: All joking apart, I think you're wrong.
8. adj. Set apart; isolated. Used after a noun or in the predicate: a people who have existed over the centuries as a world apart.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To or at one side; aside; separately; by itself; in distinction (from); independently (of); adjectively, separate. In place, motion, or position.
2. In purpose, use, character, etc.: as, to set apart, or lay apart, for a special purpose.
3. In thought; in mental analysis: as, to consider one statement apart from others; apart from a slight error, the answer is right.
4. Absolutely: as, jesting apart, what do you think of it?
5. In pieces, or to pieces; asunder: as, to take a watch apart.
6. To put apart; set aside.
7. To depart from; quit.
8. In part; partly.

Wiktionary

1. adv. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
2. adv. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently.
3. adv. Aside; away.
4. adv. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece
5. prep. apart from.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adv. Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
2. adv. In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently.
3. adv. Aside; away.
4. adv. In two or more parts; asunder; to piece.

WordNet 3.0

1. adv. placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
2. adv. into parts or pieces
3. adv. away from another or others
4. adv. not taken into account or excluded from consideration
5. adv. one from the other
6. adj. remote and separate physically or socially
7. adv. separated or at a distance in place or position or time
8. adj. having characteristics not shared by others