aside

UK/əˈsaɪd/US/əˈsaɪd/

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Other forms: asides

Aside means to one side, or out of the way. Stepping back so somebody can pass.

It follows a verb rather than preceding one, so you step aside, put money aside, or take somebody aside for a quiet word. Setting something aside means both saving it and, in law, cancelling a judgment. There is a theatrical noun, since an aside is a remark made to the audience that the other characters are not supposed to hear, and that is where the word for a parenthetical comment comes from. Aside from means apart from.

Definitions of aside

1adverbasideTo one side, or out of the way.B2~93%
“He stepped aside to let her through.”
2nounremarkA remark made quietly, or to the audience in a play.C1~7%
“She said it as an aside and moved on.”

Shares are an estimate: a language model read 21 sentences found in the wild and placed 15 of them on a sense (6 were unclear) — a count of our sample, not a measurement of English.

Where it comes from

Middle English
aside
English, today
aside

From Middle English aside, asyde, a-side, oside, from Middle English on side, from Old English on sīdan literally “on (the) side (of)”, equivalent to a + side. Compare beside.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 10 of A Man Called Ove.

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aside in the wild

Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities.
Park
An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience.
Aside
The park is formed from 6 historical farm plots, with portions set aside for the Langley Tree Farm and scout Camp McLean.
Campbell Valley Regional Park
The sauce is drained from the stew and set aside.
Hortobágyi palacsinta
Also the first Egyptian player who played in the Swedish league in Helsingborgs 1997, and Belgian league aside Nader Elsayed in 1998.
Haytham Farouk

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Related words

set aside

Definitions of aside

1adverbasideTo one side, or out of the way.B2~93%

“He stepped aside to let her through.”

2nounremarkA remark made quietly, or to the audience in a play.C1~7%

“She said it as an aside and moved on.”

Shares are an estimate: a language model read 21 sentences found in the wild and placed 15 of them on a sense (6 were unclear) — a count of our sample, not a measurement of English.