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ASIDE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A message that departs from the main subjectplay

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 stageplay

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 considerationplay

Example:

all joking aside, I think you're crazy

Synonyms:

apart; aside

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

In reserve; not for immediate useplay

Example:

has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day

Synonyms:

aside; away; by

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 3

Meaning:

On or to one sideplay

Example:

put her sewing aside when he entered

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 4

Meaning:

Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)play

Example:

pushed all doubts away

Synonyms:

aside; away

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 5

Meaning:

Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purposeplay

Example:

a day set aside for relaxing

Synonyms:

apart; aside

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 6

Meaning:

In a different directionplay

Example:

glanced away

Synonyms:

aside; away

Classified under:

Adverbs

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 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)




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