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put aside

put aside verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.

Verb

put aside (third-person singular simple present puts aside, present participle putting aside, simple past and past participle put aside)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
  2. (transitive) To save or keep (something) to be used at a later time.
    • I try to put a few dollars aside each week, just in case I need money in an emergency.
  3. (transitive) To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention.
    • Let's put our differences aside for the moment, and get this project finished.
    • Stanmore: Plans to provide step-free access to the Jubilee Line station have been put aside, after the housing development on the car park that would have paid for it was withdrawn.2022 June 29, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: London”, in RAIL, number 960, page 29
    Synonyms:
    dissemble

put aside meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Sanskrit

put aside in Tamil

சேமி, ஒதுக்கி வை, புறந்தள்ளு

put aside in Urdu

ڈالنا رکھنا, طاق پر رکھنا

put aside in Kannada

ಓಸರಿಸು, ತೆಗೆದಿರಿಸು, ಮಿಗಿಸಿಡು

put aside in Sanskrit

to put aside
परिहरति páriharati
put aside, removed, destroyed
परिवर्तित parivartita
put aside, kept, stored
स्थापित sthāpita
More languagesFewer languages
put aside in Malay
ketepikan

Synonyms of put aside

All synonyms of put aside

Forms of put aside

third-person singular presentputs aside
present participleputting aside
past participleput aside
pastput aside

Questions about put aside

What does put aside mean?
Put aside means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
What is put aside in Tamil?
Put aside in Tamil is சேமி, ஒதுக்கி வை, புறந்தள்ளு. See Put aside meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is put aside?
Put aside is a verb.
What is the past tense of put aside?
The past tense of put aside is put aside.

Words near put aside in the dictionary

  1. put an egg in one's shoe and beat it
  2. put an egg in one's shoe and beaten it
  3. put an end to
  4. put and take
  5. put around
  6. put aside
  7. put asunder
  8. put at ease
  9. put away
  10. put back
  11. put batteries in someone's back

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: put aside (page history and authors); put aside (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); put aside (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); put aside (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); परिवर्तित (Sanskrit) (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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