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inside

Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsaɪd/

The English word “inside” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The interior or inner part.
  2. The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
  3. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
  4. The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
  5. A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
  6. The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
  2. Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
  3. Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
  4. Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
  5. Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
  6. At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.

adverb

  1. Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of a place, especially a building.
  2. Indoors.
  3. On the inner side of something.
  4. In or to prison.
  5. Intimately, secretly or in one's inner heart or soul; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.

preposition

  1. Within the interior of, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference; on the interior side of.
  2. To the interior of.
  3. Within (a period of time).

Etymology

From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side. Compare German Innenseite (“inside”), Danish inderside (“inside”), Swedish insida (“inside”), Dutch binnenzijde (“inside”), German Low German Binnensied, Binnersied (“inside”), Saterland Frisian Binnersiede (“inside”).

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