aside

English

Etymology

a- +‎ side

Pronunciation

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Adverb

aside (not comparable)

1. To or on one side so as to be out of the way.

   Move aside, please, so that these people can come through.

   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 2

     He looked upon his weapon himself with some pleasure, and guiding it with his hand to the inviting slit, drew aside the lips, and lodg'd it (after some thrusts, which Polly seem'd even to assist) about half way

Derived terms

terms derived from aside

aside from put aside

set aside step aside

Translations

to or on one side

• Bulgarian: настрана (bg) (nastraná)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一旁 (cmn) (yīpáng)

• Finnish: sivuun (fi), syrjään (fi)
• French: à côté (fr)

• German: beiseite (de)
• Japanese: 傍らに (ja) (かたわらに, katawara ni), わきへ (ja) (waki e)
• Russian: в сторону (ru) (v stóronu) (to one side), в стороне (ru) (v storoné) (on one side), поодаль (ru) (poódalʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: air leth (gd), an dàrna taobh (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: споредан, sporedan, настрану, nastranu

Postposition

aside

1. aside from

   Joking aside.

   Unusual circumstances aside.

   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, The Onion AV Club:

     But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).

Derived terms

• all kidding aside

Noun

aside (plural asides)

1. An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.

Translations

an incidental remark made quietly

• Finnish: sivuhuomautus, reunahuomautus, kommentti

Anagrams

• aides
• daies
• ideas
• Sadie
• saide

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Turkish

Noun

aside

1. dative singular form of asit