to take apart
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3.4
- phrasal verb
- /teɪk əˈpɑrt/
:
analizar
- The teacher asked us to take apart the poem to analyze its themes and structure.
And this month, that's what we're taking apart in this workshop.
- And this month, that's what we're taking apart in this workshop.
- From then on, I started playing jazz along with playing rock, and I started taking these records apart and learning everything on them.
- So, so it is a sprawling, encompassing topic that we really have to take apart if we want to talk about specific policies.
- Welcome back to this series where we take apart all the terms you need to stay sane in a narcissistic world.
- And while this is not a new concept, I was able to recall a couple I'd taken apart like a decade ago.
Examples
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What do you say we take it apart before everybody goes crazy?
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We took apart the language and turned it into words, syllables, and isolated sounds.
Academic text (2003) -
OK, let me put that to one side and I just want to take apart this one here and see if it's the same.
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OK, so we now have a look at taking apart some of these terms here.
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One way to find out about the world is to take things apart.
Fiction book (1990) -
But look, when I take it apart, look what I discover, right?
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And when you do single cell analysis, you can take apart what's happening in a population.
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And this month, that's what we're taking apart in this workshop.
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Welcome back to this series where we take apart all the terms you need to stay sane in a narcissistic world.
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So, so it is a sprawling, encompassing topic that we really have to take apart if we want to talk about specific policies.
Synonyms
675
3.2
To study something carefully to understand it better
213
2.8
To separate something into smaller parts to explain or study it
64
4.2
Take something apart into separate pieces
43
5.5
To study something closely by breaking it into parts, for example a text or idea
19
3.8
To take something apart into separate pieces
3
7.5
To separate something into smaller parts to study it
1
7.0
To gently pull apart fibers or threads to separate them
1
8.8
To examine something carefully by looking at its parts
1
6.6
To study a difficult problem carefully to understand or solve it
Antonyms
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
take + apart
The meaning 'to examine or analyze by dividing into parts' is directly derivable from combining 'take' (to remove or handle) with 'apart' (into separate pieces); the particle 'apart' transparently signals separation. This verb+particle composition and its extension to inspecting/disassembling is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will usually infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Take apart in the sense 'to examine or analyze' comes from the same picture: you take something and pull it apart so you can look at each piece, like breaking a sentence into parts to study it. That's why it means 'to examine or analyze' today.