Definitions of apart:

• adverb:   not taken into account or excluded from consideration

  Example: "These problems apart, the country is doing well"

• adverb:   into parts or pieces

  Example: "He took his father's watch apart"

• adverb:   separated or at a distance in place or position or time

  Example: "These towns are many miles apart"

• adverb:   one from the other

  Example: "People can't tell the twins apart"

• adverb:   away from another or others

  Example: "They grew apart over the years"

• adverb:   placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose

  Example: "Had a feeling of being set apart"