ASIDE

Pronunciation (US):

• ASIDE (noun)
  The noun ASIDE has 2 senses:

1. a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
2. a message that departs from the main subject

  Familiarity information: ASIDE used as a noun is rare.

• ASIDE (adverb)
  The adverb ASIDE has 6 senses:

1. on or to one side
2. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
3. not taken into account or excluded from consideration
4. in a different direction
5. placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
6. in reserve; not for immediate use

  Familiarity information: ASIDE used as an adverb is common.

• ASIDE (noun)

Meaning:

A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("aside" is a kind of...):

actor's line; speech; words (words making up the dialogue of a play)

Meaning:

A message that departs from the main subject

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

digression; divagation; excursus; aside; parenthesis

Hypernyms ("aside" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

• ASIDE (adverb)

Meaning:

On or to one side

Context examples:

step aside / stood aside to let him pass / threw the book aside / put her sewing aside when he entered

Meaning:

Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

Synonyms:

aside; away

Context examples:

brush the objections aside / pushed all doubts away

Meaning:

Not taken into account or excluded from consideration

Synonyms:

apart; aside

Context examples:

these problems apart, the country is doing well / all joking aside, I think you're crazy

Meaning:

In a different direction

Synonyms:

aside; away

Context examples:

turn aside / turn away one's face / glanced away

Meaning:

Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose

Synonyms:

apart; aside

Context examples:

had a feeling of being set apart / quality sets it apart / a day set aside for relaxing

Meaning:

In reserve; not for immediate use

Synonyms:

by; aside; away

Context examples:

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