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- [uh-sahyd]
- /əˈsaɪd/
- /əˈsaɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-sahyd]
- /əˈsaɪd/
Definitions of aside word
- adverb aside If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you. 3
- adverb aside If you take or draw someone aside, you take them a little way away from a group of people in order to talk to them in private. 3
- adverb aside If you move aside, you get out of someone's way. 3
- adverb aside If you set something such as time, money, or space aside for a particular purpose, you save it and do not use it for anything else. 3
- adverb aside If you brush or sweep aside a feeling or suggestion, you reject it. 3
- adverb aside You use aside to indicate that you have finished talking about something, or that you are leaving it out of your discussion, and that you are about to talk about something else. 3
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Origin of aside
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at a-1, side1
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Parts of speech for Aside
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
aside popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
aside usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for aside
adv aside
- down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- alone — When you are alone, you are not with any other people.
- away — If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
- separately — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- out — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
noun aside
- digression — the act of digressing.
- departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
- tangent — in immediate physical contact; touching.
- parenthesis — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- interposition — the act or fact of interposing or the condition of being interposed.
adverb aside
- sideways — with a side foremost.
- on the side — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- regardless — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- however — nevertheless; yet; on the other hand; in spite of that: We have not yet won; however, we shall keep trying.
adjective aside
- faint — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
Antonyms for aside
adv aside
- middle — equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the middle point of a line; the middle singer in a trio.
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