Translate aside | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of aside
adverb
to one side; out of the way:he pushed his plate aside they stood aside to let a car pass she must put aside all her antagonistic feelings in reserve; for future use:she set aside some money for rent used to indicate that one is dismissing something from consideration, or that one is shifting from one topic or tone of discussion to another:joking aside, I’ve certainly had my fill
noun
1a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. a remark not intended to be heard by everyone present:“Does that make him a murderer?” whispered Alice in an aside to Fred
2a remark that is not directly related to the main topic of discussion:the recipe book has little asides about the importance of home and family
