Main entry: isolated, apart, obscure
Definition: remote and separate physically or socially
Usage: 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
Main entry: apart
Definition: having characteristics not shared by others
Usage: scientists felt they were a group apart- Vannever Bush
Definition: not taken into account or excluded from consideration
Usage: these problems apart, the country is doing well; all joking aside, I think you're crazy
Definition: into parts or pieces
Usage: he took his father's watch apart; split apart; torn asunder
Main entry: apart
Definition: separated or at a distance in place or position or time
Usage: These towns are many miles apart; stood with his legs apart; born two years apart
Main entry: apart
Definition: one from the other
Usage: people can't tell the twins apart
Definition: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
Usage: had a feeling of being set apart; quality sets it apart; a day set aside for relaxing
Main entry: apart
Definition: away from another or others
Usage: they grew apart over the years; kept apart from the group out of shyness; decided to live apart