different between aside vs abroad

English

Etymology

From Middle English aside, asyde, a-side, oside, from Middle English on side, from Old English on s?dan (literally “on (the) side (of)”), equivalent to a- +? side. Compare beside.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sa?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Adverb

aside (not comparable)

1. To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
   • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

Derived terms

Translations

Postposition

aside

1. aside from

Derived terms

• all kidding aside

Noun

aside (plural asides)

1. An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity.
3. (theater) A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters.
4. A minor related mention, an afterthought.
   • 2004 Ophiel, The Art and Practice of Caballa Magic, page 130

     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

   • 2008 John Clement, Creative Model Construction in Scientists and Students: The Role of Imagery, Analogy, and Mental Simulation, page 36

     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.

   • 2010 Alexander Barrie, Alexander's Guide to Harmonising Gender Discordance: The Forgotten but Complementary Division Between the Masculine & the Feminine Phenomenon in Divergent Realms of Life, page 17

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

Synonyms

• sidebar
• side note

Translations

Anagrams

• Daise, Desai, Sadie, aides, daies, ideas, saide

Turkish

Noun

aside

1. dative singular of asit

English

Alternative forms

• abrode (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- +? broad.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b???d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b??d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Adverb

abroad (not comparable)

1. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)]
2. (dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350.)]
4. (dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350.)]
   • 1891, Rudyard Kipling, The Return of Imray

     She spoke to Strickland in a language of her own, and whenever in her walks abroad she saw things calculated to destroy the peace of Her Majesty the Queen Empress, she returned to her master and gave him information.
5. (dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction. [First attested in the late 15^th century.]
6. Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed. [First attested in the early 19^th century.]
7. (sports) Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.

Derived terms

• be abroad

Translations

Noun

abroad

1. (rare) Countries or lands abroad. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
   • 1929, King George V, widely (and variously) quoted:

     I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody.

   • 2001 March 13, The Earl of Onslow, speaking in the House of Lords, quoted in Hansard:

     That is not a xenophobic remark. I am a xenophiliac; I love abroad. I love foreigners. I just do not like the way that they are running the European agricultural policy.

Derived terms

• near abroad

Translations

Preposition

abroad

1. Throughout, over.

Translations

References

• "Now abroad has entered English as a noun" - The New York Times, "ON LANGUAGE; The Near Abroad", William Safire, May 22, 1994, quoting Christian Caryl

Anagrams

• A board, Baroda, aboard, aborad