aside
part of speech
adverb (aside); noun (an aside, asides)
meaning for a pupil
1) To one side; out of the way: "Step aside." tree →
2) Kept for later: "Put some money aside." tree →
3) "Aside from" means except for, or as well as. tree →
4) As a noun, a remark spoken quietly, or a short comment that is off the main topic; in plays, words spoken to the audience that other characters are supposed not to hear. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, you step aside to let people pass and set aside money to save. In maths word problems, "set aside" means some of a total is kept and not used, so it is subtracted. In drama, an aside lets the audience know a character's thoughts. Phrases: step aside, put aside, set aside, aside from, joking aside.
examples
- Please step aside and let the ambulance through. tree →
- Put some money aside each week. tree →
- She set aside 4 of her 12 cookies for her brother; how many were left? tree →
- Aside from the rain, it was a great day. tree →
- He pushed his plate aside. tree →
- The actor whispered an aside to the audience. tree →
- She drew aside the curtains of the little bed. tree →
note
As an adverb it does not change: "aside". In maths, "set aside 4 of 12" means 12 − 4 = 8 are left to use. "Aside from" = "apart from". Do not confuse with "a side" (one side of a shape).
In the corpora
- Saving means putting money aside now for something bigger later, or for emergencies like a broken boiler.
- "Earmarks" means money set aside for a politician's pet local projects, favourite schemes in his own area (US).
- Saving means putting money aside now to use later.
- On a narrow path, step aside and say hello; walkers going uphill usually have the right of way.
- Saving means putting money aside, week after week, until you have enough for something bigger than one week's money can buy.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «aside» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.