Aside | Mean of aside in English Dictionary
/əˈsaɪd/
- to or toward the side
- He stepped aside and let her pass.
- She drew aside the curtains. = She drew the curtains aside.
- He threw/tossed his coat aside.
- Please stand aside.
- She laid/set the book aside.
- He elbowed people aside as he moved through the crowd.
- He took/drew her aside to speak to her privately.
- Someone grabbed him and pulled/pushed him aside.
- Their objections were swept/brushed aside. [=were quickly dismissed or disregarded]
- The old methods have been cast/thrown aside [=have been abandoned] in favor of new ones.
- Leaving/Putting aside the question of money for the moment, we need to come up with a workable schedule.
- not including (something)
- Aside from [=apart from, except for] a few pieces of bread, the food is gone.
- The movie has been praised by most people, aside from a few critics who have called its happy ending trite and predictable.
- in addition to (something)
- Aside from being well written, the book is also beautifully illustrated
- Noun
- a comment spoken by a character in a play that is heard by the audience but is supposedly not heard by other characters on stage
- a comment that is spoken quietly to someone so that it cannot be heard by other people who are present
- She made a joke about the food in a muttered/whispered aside to her husband.
- a comment or discussion that does not relate directly to the main subject being discussed
- The book includes several lengthy asides about the personal lives of scientists involved in the project.
- In his speech he mentioned her contributions almost as an aside, despite the fact that she was the one who came up with the idea originally.