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aside
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[ adverb ] on or to one side
Examples "step aside" "stood aside to let him pass" "threw the book aside" "put her sewing aside when he entered" Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)He does not know whether to look up or look aside , to put his hands in his pockets or to clench them at his side , to cross the street , or to continue on the same side . |
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[ adverb ] out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
Synonyms Examples "brush the objections aside" "pushed all doubts away" Used in print (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)A number of semiempirical estimates by various workers lead to the conclusion that the **f bond becomes symmetric when the **f bond length is about 2.4 to 2.5 A , but aside from the possible example of nickel dimethylglyoxime there have been no convincing reports of symmetric **f bonds . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Several slugs fired into the bed jerked aside the blanket to reveal an apparently lifeless hand . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)`` You mean this punk can brush me aside and I 've got_to hold still for it '' ? |
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[ adverb ] not taken into account or excluded from consideration
Synonyms Examples "these problems apart, the country is doing well" "all joking aside, I think you're crazy" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Aside from this , the average portion contains some protein , an appreciable amount of vitamins and C - about one-tenth of the minimum daily requirement , and about a third of the official vitamin_E requirement . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)It was not as_though she noted clearly that her nephews had not been to see her for ten years , not since their last journey eastward to witness their Uncle_Izaak being lowered into the rocky soil ; that aside from due notification of certain major events in their lives ( two marriages , two births , one divorce ) , Christmas and Easter_cards of the traditional sort had been the only thin link she had with them through the widowed years . |
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[ noun ] (linguistics,writing) a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
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[ adverb ] placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
Synonyms Examples "had a feeling of being set apart" "quality sets it apart" "a day set aside for relaxing" |
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[ adverb ] in a different direction
Synonyms Examples "turn aside" "turn away one's face" "glanced away" |
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[ noun ] a message that departs from the main subject
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