apart
əˈpɑːrt
The picture of a gap opening between things
The picture Things that were touching move away from each other and a gap opens between them. APART opens a gap between two things, TOGETHER closes it until they are one.
Where the picture shows up in apart
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distance between two things
The two houses are ten meters apart.
ðə tuː ˈhaʊzɪz ɑːr ten ˈmiːtərz əˈpɑːrt
The two houses stand ten meters from each other.
a tape measure stretches across the empty ground between two houses
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parts scattering, breaking up
My old phone fell apart last week.
maɪ oʊld foʊn fel əˈpɑːrt læst wiːk
My old phone broke into pieces last week.
back cover, screen and screws all separate and scatter across an open palm
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people living separately
They live apart during the week.
ðeɪ lɪv əˈpɑːrt ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə wiːk
They live separately on weekdays.
on one map, two cities each hold a single lit window
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pulling it open by hand
Let's take the machine apart and check it.
lets teɪk ðə məˈʃiːn əˈpɑːrt ənd tʃek ɪt
Let us open the machine up and check.
a screwdriver lifts the lid and the parts line up one by one on the desk
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that one lifted out
Apart from Sundays, we are open every day.
əˈpɑːrt frʌm ˈsʌndeɪz wiː ɑːr ˈoʊpən ˈevri deɪ
We open every day except Sunday.
a finger pushes the Sunday square out of the weekly calendar
All of it in one picture
apart is a double arrow opening a gap. Open a gap between two houses and you get distance; open one between the parts of a phone and it falls to pieces; open one between a couple and they live separately. Open one on purpose with your hands and you are taking it apart, and lift one day out of the week and you get all days except that one.