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Aside Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Aside?
[n] a message that departs from the main subject
[n] a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage [adv] in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day" [adv] on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered" [adv] out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [adv] placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing" [adv] in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" [adv] not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy" Synonyms | Synonyms for Aside: apart | away | by | digression | divagation | excursus | parenthesis Related Terms | Find terms related to Aside: a huis clos | all | apart | askance | askant | askew | aslant | aslope | asquint | away | awry | back | behind closed doors | beside | between the teeth | broadside | broadside on | by | crabwise | discursion | divagation | downgrade | downhill | each | edgeway | edgeways | edgewise | episode | excursion | excursus | glancingly | in a whisper | in an aside | in camera | in chambers | in executive session | in juxtaposition | in privacy | in private | in private conference | in privy | in reserve | infix | injection | insert | insertion | insinuation | intercalation | interjection | interlineation | interlocution | interpolation | introduction | januis clausis | laterad | laterally | monodrama | monologue | monology | nearby | nigh | obiter dictum | obliquely | on its side | on one side | on the beam | on the side | out of earshot | parenthesis | per | per capita | privately | privily | remark | right and left | round | side remark | sideling | sidelong | sideward | sidewards | sideway | sideways | sidewise | sidling | slant | slantingly | slantways | slantwise | slaunchways | slopeways | soliloquy | solo | sotto voce | to one side | to the side | tossing-in | wide apart | wide away | with bated breath See Also | actor's line | content | message | speech | subject matter | substance | words Aside In Webster's Dictionary \A*side"\, adv. [Pref. a- + side.]
1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or
direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the
way; apart.
Thou shalt set aside that which is full. --2 Kings
iv. 4.
But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king.
--Shak.
The flames were blown aside. --Dryden.
2. Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy
thoughts. ``Lay aside every weight.'' --Heb. xii. 1.
3. So as to be heard by others; privately.
Then lords and ladies spake aside. --Sir W.
Scott.
{To set aside} (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or
operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a
superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set
aside a verdict or a judgment.
\A*side"\, n. Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear. |
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