aside
//əˈsaɪd//
Forms
- Comparative
- more aside
- Superlative
- most aside
- Plural
- asides
Definitions
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.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.
1.Not in perfect symmetry; distorted laterally, especially of the human body.
1.An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.
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.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
Related words
Synonyms
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.
Compare beside.