aside
/əˈsaɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.59 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
adv
Excluded from consideration.
adj
Not in perfect symmetry; distorted laterally, especially of the human body.
noun
An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.
noun
An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person. (theater) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
noun
Example Sentences
- "Move aside, please, so that these people can come through."
- "But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king."
- "[…] and thou shalt set aside that which is full."
- "The storm rush'd in, and Arcite stood aghast; / The flames were blown aside, yet shone they bright, / Fann'd by the wind, and gave a ruffled light."
- "Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence."
- "An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’."
Etymology
From Middle English aside, asyde, a-side, oside, from Middle English on side, from Old English on sīdan (literally “on (the) side (of)”), equivalent to a- + side. Compare beside.