[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/aside/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) / aside # aside adverb (aside); noun (an aside, asides) «aside» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To one side; out of the way: "Step aside." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#m1) 2. Kept for later: "Put some money aside." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#m2) 3. "Aside from" means except for, or as well as. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#m3) 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#m4) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#x1) - Put some money aside each week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#x2) - She set aside 4 of her 12 cookies for her brother; how many were left? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#x3) - Aside from the rain, it was a great day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#x4) - He pushed his plate aside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#x5) - The actor whispered an aside to the audience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#x6) - She drew aside the curtains of the little bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/#x7) ### 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 Jewish tradition In the Torah "turn aside" often means to leave the right path. It can also mean to step off the road to look at something. **Interpretation.** "Turn aside" is often read as straying from God's way, as in a wife going astray or a person drawn to other gods. Moses turning aside to see the bush is read as the first step to his meeting with God. ### Examples - This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled; (Torah NUM.5.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aside/#x1) - And Moses said: 'I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.' (Torah EXO.3.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aside/#x2) - Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; (Torah DEU.11.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aside/#x3) - Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy welfare? (Prophets JER.15.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aside/#x4) - I have not turned aside from Thine ordinances; for Thou hast instructed me. (Writings PSA.119.102, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aside/#x5) - To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, (Writings LAM.3.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aside/#x6) ### 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). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «aside» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aside/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«aside» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aside.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «aside» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aside/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«aside» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/aside.html) on Mova free.