aside
/əˈsaɪd/
aside adverb: to or on one side so as to be out of the way.
Adverb
aside (not comparable)
- To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
- Move aside, please, so that these people can come through.
- But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Excluded from consideration.
- joking aside
- unusual circumstances aside
Adjective
aside (comparative more aside, superlative 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.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Difficulties”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 123
Noun
aside (plural 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.)...2004 Ophiel, The Art and Practice of Caballa Magic, page 130
- In addition, an analogy was only classified as significant if it appeared to be part of a serious attempt to generate or evaluate a solution, and as nonsignificant if it was simply mentioned as an aside or commentary. As an example of a nonsignificant analogy, one subject was reminded of another...2008, John Clement, Creative Model Construction in Scientists and Students: The Role of Imagery, Analogy, and Mental Simulation, page 36
aside meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
aside in Hindi
- aside, apart
- पृथक् pŕthak
aside in Tamil
- நடிகர் தனிமொழி, விலகி, ஒதுங்கி, ஒருபக்கமாக, மறைவாக, அப்பால்
aside in Marathi
- to or on one side
- बाजूला bājūlā
aside in Urdu
- بہ کنار, جداگانہ, یکسو, کانا پھونی, کھس پھسی
More languagesFewer languages
- aside in Bengali
- সরাইয়া, একপাশে, স্বগত, একান্তে
- aside in Malayalam
- ഒരു വശത്ത്, സമീപത്ത്, രഹസ്യമായി, സ്വകാര്യമായി
- aside in Kannada
- ಕೆಲ kela
Examples of aside in a sentence
- […] and thou shalt set aside that which is full.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 4:4:
- The storm rush'd in, and Arcite stood aghast; / The flames were blown aside, yet shone they bright, / Fann'd by the wind, and gave a ruffled light.1700, John Dryden, Palamon and Arcite, book 3, translation of The Knight's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer:
- I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company...
- As an aside, and for consideration, the great religions of the world seem to be jealously guarded, run and administered by the men-folk.2010, Alexander Barrie, Alexander's Guide to Harmonising Gender Discordance: The Forgotten but Complementary Division Between the Masculine...
Synonyms of aside
Forms of aside
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more aside |
| superlative | most aside |
| Noun | |
| plural | asides |
Origin of aside
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.
Words formed from aside
- all jokes aside
- all joking aside
- all kidding aside
- aside from
- asideness
- brush aside
- cast aside
- jokes aside
- kidding aside
- lay aside
- leave aside
- pull aside
- pull one aside
- push aside
- put aside
- set-aside
- set aside
- stand aside
- step aside
- sweep aside
- take one aside
- throw aside
- turn aside
- wave aside
- as an aside
Phrases with aside
- laid aside
- lays aside
- left aside
- puts aside
- sets aside
- casts aside
- pulls aside
- steps aside
- stood aside
- swept aside
- threw aside
- turns aside
28 more phrasesFewer phrases
- waved aside
- waves aside
- laying aside
- leaves aside
- pulled aside
- pushed aside
- pushes aside
- stands aside
- sweeps aside
- thrown aside
- throws aside
- turned aside
- waving aside
- brushed aside
- brushes aside
- casting aside
- leaving aside
- pulling aside
- pushing aside
- putting aside
- setting aside
- stepped aside
- turning aside
- brushing aside
- standing aside
- stepping aside
- sweeping aside
- throwing aside
Words that rhyme with aside
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about aside
- What does aside mean?
- Aside means to or on one side so as to be out of the way.
- What is aside in Hindi?
- Aside in Hindi is पृथक् (pŕthak). See Aside meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use aside in a sentence?
- […] and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
- What part of speech is aside?
- Aside can be an adverb, an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce aside?
- Aside is pronounced /əˈsaɪd/.
Words near aside in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aside (page history and authors); पृथक् (Hindi) (page history and authors); aside (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aside (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aside (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aside (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಕೆಲ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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