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aside

//əˈsaɪd//

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for aside

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
more aside
Superlative
most aside

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
asides

Definitions

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

  1. 1.To or on one side so as to be out of the way.

    • But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king.
    • Move aside, please, so that these people can come through.
    • Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.
  2. 2.Excluded from consideration.

    • All scandals aside, Jewish establishment donors and leaders obsessed not only with Jewish continuity but the right kind of continuity, ardently pro-Israel children of two Jewish parents, have failed on their own terms.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Not in perfect symmetry; distorted laterally, especially of the human body.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.

  2. 2.An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person. (theater) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.

  3. 3.A minor related mention, an afterthought.

    • As an aside, and for consideration, the great religions of the world seem to be jealously guarded, run and administered by the men-folk.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2168

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

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Etymology

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.

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