Phrase Hound found 78 phrases and 11 compound words that contain apart. The most common are listed below. Open apart in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 78
- fall apartTo disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- set apartTo select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
- falling apartpresent participle and gerund of fall apart
- torn apartpast participle of tear apart: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart.
- Far Apart
- falls apartthird-person singular simple present indicative of fall apart: To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- pull apartUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, apart.
- fell apartsimple past of fall apart
- poles apartTotally opposite.
- tell apartTo perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.
- stand apart(intransitive, To distinguish oneselves)
- worlds apartVastly different.
- grow apartTo gradually become estranged.
- coming apartpresent participle and gerund of come apart
- growing apartpresent participle and gerund of grow apart
- setting apartpresent participle and gerund of set apart
- take apartUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, apart.
- drift apartTo lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.
- come apartUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, apart.
- pick apartUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick, apart.
- a breed apartEntirely different from the average within a group; sharply diverging from the norm; in a league of one's own.
- fly apartTo break into many pieces by exploding, literally or figuratively.
- tear apartUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart.
- blown apartpast participle of blow apart: To destroy (something) by explosion or figuratively similar disasters (e.g. a scandal for a company).
- blow apartTo destroy (something) by explosion or figuratively similar disasters (e.g. a scandal for a company).
Compound words 11
- apartnessThe state or quality of being apart.
- unapartNot apart; together.
- aparthoodapartheid
- apartmentA complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
- apartmentsplural of apartment: A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
- apartheidThe policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
- aparthotelsplural of aparthotel: A form of hotel having self-catering apartments instead of bedrooms or suites.
- aparteleAlternative spelling of apartelle: A budget hotel.
- apartelsplural of apartel: A budget hotel.
- apartnessesplural of apartness: The state or quality of being apart.