Meaning of Aside | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.
2. An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person. (theater) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
3. A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
4. A minor related mention, an afterthought.

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Examples

“This, then, is what we have done up to now in this book. (As I have been doing right along) may I make an aside? (An aside is a part in an old-time play or movie in which an actor steps out of character to say something to the audience of a semi-private or semi-confidential nature about the play.) I am confounded, and somewhat appalled when I read over the scholarly works referred to”

“In addition, an analogy was only classified as significant if it appeared to be part of a serious attempt to generate or evaluate a solution, and as nonsignificant if it was simply mentioned as an aside or commentary. As an example of a nonsignificant analogy, one subject was reminded of another problem he had seen involving the deflection of piano strings of different lengths, but apparently mentioned this as an aside without the intention of applying findings back to the spring problem.”

“As an aside, and for consideration, the great religions of the world seem to be jealously guarded, run and administered by the men-folk.”

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