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aside English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word aside once they have reached the level B1 – Lower Intermediate. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning aside meaning

What does aside mean?

Definitions in simple English

aside Preposition

— If you put something aside, you put it to the side, often because you want to use it later. We put some money aside for the children's education. The fans were pushed aside by police to let the band go through. Aside from the wine, which was terrible, the dinner was excellent.

aside Noun

— An aside is something that you write or say that isn't part of your main idea. And, just as an aside, I'd like to say that these ideas are not new...

aside

— adverb on or to one side step aside stood aside to let him pass threw the book aside put her sewing aside when he entered

— adverb (= away) out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts) brush the objections aside pushed all doubts away

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

— adverb (= 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

— adverb (= 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

— noun a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage

— adverb (= away) in a different direction turn aside turn away one's face glanced away

— noun (= digression) a message that departs from the main subject

Synonyms aside synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as aside?

aside English » English

apart

away

by

to the side

digression

besides

parenthesis

on the side

divagation

beside

to one side

step aside

spoken to

side

separately

one side

off

move aside

excursus

with

towards

sideways

path astray

passing comment

parentheses

out of the way

other

opposite

on to

on

obliquely

next to

nearby

into

in an inverted order

in

differently

back

awhile

at the side of

at the side

at a distance

ashore

abate

a half

Topics aside topics

What do people use aside to talk about?

Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Put aside

• What words refer to putting something to the side of you?
  put aside put to the side put beside put next to you push aside push to the side move aside move to the side

Physical actions Move something Handle something

Put down

• What words refer to putting something to the side of something else?
  put aside put to the side put beside move aside push aside

Physical actions Arrange Gather

Separate, scatter

• What words refer to taking something away and putting it aside, separate from the others?
  set aside put aside separate from the others keep separate keep special reserve pull out

Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move sideways

• What words refer to moving sideways?
  move sideways make room for move aside move out of the way get out of the way move over budge shift

Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Push

• What words refer to pushing something in some direction?
  push aside push out of the way

Physical actions Have, be with Keep something

Throw away

• What words are used for throwing something away?
  throw away throw aside toss junk jettison discard eliminate heave reject expel dispose of cast off throw overboard get rid of rid yourself of dump clean out purge smoke out unload delete

Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations But

Except

• What words indicate that something is not included in a group, rule, or pattern?
  except except for apart from aside from bar excepting but for but with the exception of but not

Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Markers of identificational and explanatory clauses

• What words mark a digression?
  let me just insert as an aside this is off the subject oh by the way

Examples aside examples

How do I use aside in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Aside from his salary, he receives money from investments.

Bill put aside a hundred dollars for his trip.

Tom laid the book aside and looked up.

Step aside.

Please put it aside for me.

Aside from that, is there anything else you want?

The man shoved her aside.

The man stepped aside for her to enter the room.

I'm going to lay aside that money for emergencies.

Stir the mixture until it foams, then set it aside.

We will leave this question aside for the moment.

Aside from this, he was in good health.

The policeman thrust me aside.

I stood aside to let them pass.

Movie subtitles

Stand aside!

I'm telling you to move aside!

What do you mean, move aside?!

Are you not going to move aside?

Now you already understand, what are you doing and not moving aside?

That's why I pushed your feelings aside and pretended like I didn't know.

Well, aside from too much Guinness and a brain tumour? Sure.

Lord Hagen Tronje knows well, why he never lays aside his sword!

Personal ambition must be thrown aside. in the one great sacrifice for our country.

Stand aside, please.

That you will not turn aside from the Crusade until the Holy City is again free?

Richard, put that woman aside.

Give me up, put me aside.

Put her aside.

However, life span aside, even we can't survive getting our heads chopped off.

All joking aside, isn't there someone you do like?

Stand aside, please. Get your case later.

In your great wisdom, you have put aside all thought of a foreign alliance. however brilliant.

All I ask is that you step aside and give me a chance to win her.

The noble Waldow graciously steps aside. so that his old friend might renew his youth.

You put money aside, or that's what you say.

The articles aside, let's give a toast to Capt. Blood.

Look, I've decided to throw all restraint aside.

Aside.

Lady, kindly step aside.

Now, Eddie, come on. Let's look at the figures, averages. and see what we can set aside.

Look, Mary. Most people think if they pay a few dollars to community chests and goodwill agencies and so on they've done their duty and they can shrug aside all responsibility.

Does anybody here look suspicious, aside from you?

I thought that would only bring you pain. Like an idiot. That's why I pushed your feelings aside and pretended like I didn't know.

I'd just have to step aside.

Listen, we must have put some money aside. from the paintings you sold Wallstein.

I just meant that you're the one. who's been putting it aside.

Being pushed aside to make way for the troops. The crowds waiting for something to happen.

Set aside an hour every afternoon.

My request will be put aside for a while.

SUSAN, STAND ASIDE.

Now aside from being nice ornaments. a fella can have a whole lot of harmless amusement outta these here toys.

Now if you'll please step aside.

Move aside, lady, please.

Aside from this map, I've actually seen documents referring to the land grant. Somewhere, hidden in these rotting walls as you call them.. Along with other papers, is a deed to Colonel Jaffrey Pyncheon.

News and current affairs

These are national funds that, in boom years, receive revenues from sales of natural resources to be set aside against a rainy day.

But nothing they do--aside from cosmetic modifications to consumer products and marketing tactics--responds to local conditions.

Their aim is to do the most good they can with the resources that they are willing to set aside for that purpose.

With Putin's return to power and his recent adventurism, it has been pushed aside by deliberately awakened and intensely stimulated national chauvinism.

Officials will have to put aside short-term motives and party orthodoxy to bolster America's aging infrastructure, reform its education and immigration systems, and pursue long-term fiscal consolidation.

Aside from areas of particular concern (oil, arms, guerrillas, drugs), the US needs Latin America dearly nowadays because resistance to it is springing up everywhere, and with greater virulence than at any time since World War II's end.

The sharp tone and fierce partisanship of the past 13 years have been cast aside.

Perhaps when we have one world government, it will make sense to have one world currency. But, even setting aside the equilibrating benefits of flexible currencies, the prospect of a single, omnipotent central bank is not particularly appealing.

If Serbia is to avoid a humanitarian disaster this winter, all of its politicians must put ambition aside so that the country can begin to rebuild.

However, aside from a few countries - including China, of course, but also Spain - low infrastructure spending is epidemic.

Aside from wringing their hands, what should governments be doing?

Even putting aside moral and legal questions - which one should never do - it is doubtful whether the strategy of torture and assassination can achieve its pacifying purpose.

All the sociological evidence about the girls' motives, which are in fact very varied, is swept aside as irrelevant.

Aside from its implications for different national systems, the future shape of banking is critical to the broader financial system, including venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds.

Aerial photographers were called in, and a large budget was set aside.

Aside from Antarctica, Africa is the only continent that has not industrialized.

But now is the moment for both countries to put the past aside in order to address their common security concerns.

Leave aside the fact that efforts to make democracy bloom have become bloodily unstuck in Iraq and Afghanistan. Is it true that democracies never fight each other?

The Cheney-Rumsfeld team is so arrogant that it acts as if it can flaunt the takeover of Middle East oil while brushing aside questions.

Spin and frothy markets aside, the healing has only just begun.

In the past, the Germans brushed these arguments aside, but now they are a little more receptive.

Aside from the retreat of democracy in Russia, China - now the world's oldest autocracy - is demonstrating that when authoritarianism is entrenched, a marketplace of goods and services can stymie the marketplace of political ideas.

The 66th session of the UN General Assembly is a renewed opportunity for the countries of the world to set aside narrow, short-term interests and commit to cooperative efforts to address humanity's long-term imperatives.

Leave aside the fact that efforts to make democracy bloom have become bloodily unstuck in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In fact, aside from some additional minor points, the European Council's resolution differs from the previous compromise in only one respect: IMF participation.

Put aside the familiar arguments - that the science is clear, that climate change represents an indisputable existential threat to the planet, and that every day we do not act the problem grows worse.