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ASIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A message that departs from the main subject
Synonyms:
aside; digression; divagation; excursus; parenthesis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("aside" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("aside" is a kind of...):
actor's line; speech; words (words making up the dialogue of a play)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not taken into account or excluded from consideration
Example:
all joking aside, I think you're crazy
Synonyms:
apart; aside
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
In reserve; not for immediate use
Example:
has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
On or to one side
Example:
put her sewing aside when he entered
Classified under:
Adverbs
Sense 4
Meaning:
Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
Example:
pushed all doubts away
Synonyms:
aside; away
Classified under:
Adverbs
Sense 5
Meaning:
Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
Example:
a day set aside for relaxing
Synonyms:
apart; aside
Classified under:
Adverbs
Sense 6
Meaning:
In a different direction
Example:
glanced away
Synonyms:
aside; away
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance; and an appeal so worded could not be set aside without a grave responsibility.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He waved his white hands as if to brush aside all opposition.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The buccaneers, with oaths and cries, began to leap, one after another, into the pit and to dig with their fingers, throwing the boards aside as they did so.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Normally, a moon like Proteus should have gravitationally swept aside or swallowed the smaller moon while clearing out its orbital path.
(Tiny Neptune Moon Spotted by Hubble May Have Broken from Larger Moon, NASA)
Aside from Earth, it is the only known place in the solar system with volcanoes erupting extremely hot lava like that on Earth.
(A Hellacious Two Weeks on Jupiter's Moon Io, NASA)
New research aside, dentists have long known that gum disease can wreak havoc on the mouth.
(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Then he too turned aside and rode on the left side of it.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics.
(Cache, NCI Thesaurus)
Money or securities set aside to cover unexpected conditions or losses.
(Contingency Fund, NCI Thesaurus)
At first his countenance was illuminated with pleasure, but as he continued, thoughtfulness and sadness succeeded; at length, laying aside the instrument, he sat absorbed in reflection.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
