aside
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aside
- /əˈsaɪd/
Rhymes with -aɪd
Where it comes from
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.
adverb
- To or on one side so as to be out of the way. Move aside, please, so that these people can come through.
postp
- Excluded from consideration. joking aside
adjective more aside · most aside
- Not in perfect symmetry; distorted laterally, especially of the human body. Her figure was slight; but the cruel accident—a fall in her childhood, which had laid the foundation of her ill health—had made her a little aside, and caused a degree of lameness, which rendered it difficult for her to move without assistance.
noun asides
- An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.
- A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
- A minor related mention, an afterthought. This, then, is what we have done up to now in this book. (As I have been doing right along) may I make an aside? (An aside is a part in an old-time play or movie in which an actor steps out of character to say something to the audience of a semi-private or semi-confidential nature about the play.) I
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: away, apart, digression, divagation, excursus, by, parenthesis, off, out, aloof, outside, separate, separately, beyond, cancelled, canceled
Translations
Every language
postp to or on one side
| Español | aparte, a un lado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 傍らに katawara ni, わきへ waki e |
| 中文 | 一旁 yīpáng |
| Português | à parte |
| Français | à côté |
| Deutsch | beiseite, zur Seite |
| Italiano | a parte, in disparte |
| Русский | в сто́рону v stóronu, в стороне́ v storoné, поо́даль poódalʹ |
noun an incidental remark made quietly
| Español | inciso |
|---|---|
| Português | aparte, comentário |
| Français | en passant, soit dit en passant, aparté, incise |
| Italiano | inciso |
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