apart English · revision 3096

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1325|origins=la pars}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /əˈpɑːt/, US /əˈpɑːrt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|apart]],^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|a part|t=to the side]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la|ad|t=to]] and [[m|la|partem]], accusative of [[m|la|pars|t=part, side]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[ine-pro|*pere-|t=to grant, allot]].^(Etymonline) The first element was probably felt in English as the a- of [[abroad]] and [[ahead]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[part]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To one side, aside: before 1325, in ''Cursor Mundi'',^(Barnhart 1988) and the late 14th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) The OED's first examples are about 1380, of motion, and 1393, of position.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “Away from each other, separately; in pieces” is from 1399.^(OED 1989) “Separately, independently”, of action or function, is from about 1400.^(OED 1989) The figurative sense “aside, out of consideration”, as in ''to set apart'' or ''joking apart'', is from 1477,^(OED 1989) and setting aside for a special purpose from 1604.^(OED 1989) As an adjective, “separate, distinct”, it is from 1786.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) ''Apart from'', “except for”, is a later use.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1325 – to one side.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1399 – away from each other; in pieces.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1400 – separately, independently.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1477 – aside, out of consideration.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1604 – set aside for a purpose.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1786 – adjective, separate.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # At a distance in place or time: ''two miles apart''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Into pieces: ''to fall apart''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Aside or in reserve, for a particular purpose.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Separately; as a distinct thing: ''viewed apart''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # ''apart from'': except for; besides.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Separate; [[isolated]]: ''a world apart''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[apartness]]

+ * [[apart from]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[part]]

+ * [[apartment]]

+ * [[party]]

+ * [[particle]]

+ * [[aside]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}