Aside - English meaning

adjective

Having no one else present.

Usage examples:

She was alone that evening

adverb

On one's own.

Usage examples:

He lives alone

preposition

Close to the side of; next to.

Usage examples:

She was sitting alongside him

preposition

Beside, or together with

Usage examples:

They put out cookies alongside the cake.

adverb

(of two or more people or things) separated by a specified distance in time or space.

Usage examples:

Two stone gateposts some thirty feet apart

adverb

Separated by a distance

Usage examples:

Stand with your feet wide apart and bend from the waist., how far apart should i put my stereo spea…

noun

A punctuation mark (') used to indicate either possession (e.g. harry ' s book ; boys ' coats ) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g. can ' t ; he ' s ; 1 jan. ' 99 ).

noun

An exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified).

Usage examples:

Lanyer's apostrophe to mary

noun

A mark (’) used in writing to show that a letter or a number has been omitted, or before or after s to show possession

adverb

To or at a distance from a particular place, person, or thing.

Usage examples:

She landed badly, and crawled away

adjective

(of a sports fixture) played at the opponents' ground.

Usage examples:

Tomorrow night's away game at leicester

noun

An away match or win.

Usage examples:

It certainly will prove a stark contrast to recent league aways the hatters have enjoyed at the lik…

verb

Leave, especially in order to start a journey.

Usage examples:

They departed for germany

verb

To go away from a place, esp. on a trip

Usage examples:

The last flight to cleveland departs at 8 p.m., he shook hands and then departed., on the last show…

adjective

Separate or disconnected.

Usage examples:

A four-bedroomed detached house

verb

Disengage (something or part of something) and remove it.

Usage examples:

He detached the front lamp from its bracket

adjective

Not emotionally involved in a situation

Usage examples:

As a writer, he took the role of a detached observer of life., their new house has a detached garage.

noun

The action of departing from an established course or accepted standard.

Usage examples:

Deviation from a norm

noun

A difference from what is usual or expected

Usage examples:

The letter cited 'significant deviations from current good manufacturing practice'., in a recent an…

noun

A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

Let's return to the main topic after that brief digression

noun

The action of moving away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and writing or talking about something else

Usage examples:

Talking about money now would be a digression from the main purpose of this meeting., the book cont…

adjective

Far away in space or time.

Usage examples:

Distant parts of the world

adjective

Far away in space or time

Usage examples:

She dreamed of traveling to distant lands., we could hear the sound of distant thunder.

adjective

Far away

Usage examples:

A distant country, she could hear the distant sound of fireworks exploding.

noun

A long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast programme.

Usage examples:

He was reciting some of the great monologues of shakespeare

noun

A long speech by one person, esp. in a play, movie, or television show

adverb

As a separate entity or entities; not together.

Usage examples:

They arrived together but left separately

adverb

Not together

Usage examples:

Detectives interviewed the men separately over several days., i tend to wear the jacket and skirt s…

noun

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Usage examples:

Edmund ends the scene as he had begun it, with a soliloquy

noun

A speech in a play which the character speaks to himself or herself or to the people watching rather than to the other characters

Usage examples:

[ c ] hamlet’s soliloquy begins, "to be or not to be."