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a·side  (-sd)
adv.
1. To or toward the side: step aside.
2. Out of one's thoughts or mind: put my doubts aside.
3. Apart: a day set aside for relaxing.
4. In reserve; away: put a little money aside.
5. Set out of the way; dispensed with: All joking aside, can you swim 15 miles?
n.
1. A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by the other actors on stage.
2. A remark made in an undertone so as to be inaudible to others nearby.
3. A parenthetical departure; a digression.

aside
Adverb
1. to one side
2. out of other people's hearing: her mother took her aside for a serious talk
3. out of mind: she pushed aside her fears of being beaten or killed
4. into reserve: a certain amount must also be put aside for defence and government
Noun
1. a remark not meant to be heard by everyone present
2. a remark that is not connected with the subject being discussed
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aside - a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
actor's line, words, speech - words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech"
2.aside - a message that departs from the main subject
subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
Adv.1.aside - on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered"
2.aside - out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
3.aside - not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy"
4.aside - in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away"
5.aside - 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"
6.aside - in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"

aside
adverb 1. to one side, away, alone, separately, apart, alongside, beside, out of the way, on one side, to the side, in isolation, in reserve, out of mind
noun 2. interpolation, remark, parenthesis, digression, interposition, confidential remark
Translations
Spanish aside [əˈsaɪd] adva un lado
naparte m;
aside from prep (= as well as) → aparte or además de

French aside [əˈsaɪd] advde côté; à l'écart
naparté m;
aside from prepà part, excepté

German aside [əˈsaɪd] advzur Seite;
(take) → beiseite
nbeiseite gesprochene Worte pl;
to brush objections aside → Einwände beiseiteschieben

Italian aside [əˈsaɪd] advda parte
na parte m;
to take sb aside → prendere qn da parte;
aside from (= as well as) → oltre a (= except for); a parte

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Before the doctor had come in, she had glanced at it, and had thrown it aside in her impatience to read what Cecilia had written.
So sensible were the audience of some unwonted attribute in their minister, that they longed for a breath of wind to blow aside the veil, almost believing that a stranger's visage would be discovered, though the form, gesture, and voice were those of Mr.
When the heavy load was laid aside, song rose naturally from the lips.
 
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