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aside   (TTS Sound)

The noun aside has 2 senses

• aside -- (a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage)


• digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis -- (a message that departs from the main subject)

The adv aside has 6 senses

• aside -- (on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered")


• aside, away -- (out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away")


• apart, aside -- (not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy")


• away, aside -- (in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away")


• aside, apart -- (placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing")


• aside, by, away -- (in reserve; not for immediate use; "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")