apart

/ə-ˈpärt/

Middle English, from Anglo-French a part, literally, to one side

adverb

  1. at a little distance

  2. away from one another in space or time

  3. as a separate unit : independently

tried to keep apart from the family squabbles

towns 20 miles apart

adjective

  1. separate, isolated

  2. holding different opinions : divided

Those athletes are a breed apart.

preposition

  1. other than : besides, except for