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Adjective apart has 3 senses

apart, isolated, obscure - remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"
Antonym: connected (indirect, via unconnected)
apart, separate, separated - not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated"
Antonym: united (indirect, via divided)
apart - having characteristics not shared by others; "scientists felt they were a group apart"- Vannever Bush
Antonym: joint (indirect, via separate)

Adverbial apart has 6 senses

apart - 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"
apart, aside - not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"
apart - away from another or others; "they grew apart over the years"; "kept apart from the group out of shyness"; "decided to live apart"
aside, 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"
apart - one from the other; "people can't tell the twins apart"
apart, asunder - into parts or pieces; "he took his father's watch apart"; "split apart"; "torn asunder"