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(adverb) in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day" |
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Synonyms: away, by |
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(adverb) on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered" |
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(adverb) out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" |
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Synonyms: away |
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(adverb) placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing" |
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Synonyms: apart |
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(noun) a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage |
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Related Words: actor's line, speech, words |
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(adverb) not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy" |
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Synonyms: apart |
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(adverb) in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" |
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Synonyms: away |
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(noun) a message that departs from the main subject |
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Synonyms: digression, divagation, excursus, parenthesis |
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Related Words: content, message, subject matter, substance |
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