sidenoun
uk/saɪd/us/saɪd/side noun (SURFACE)
A2 [ C ] a flat outer surface of an object, especially one that is not the top, the bottom, the front, or the back:
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- Quigley clouted me smartly across the side of the head.
- This plan shows the front, side and back elevations of the new supermarket.
- You turn the television on by flipping the switch at the side.
- The monument was hewn out of the side of a mountain.
- I walked around the side of the building.
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Surfaces of objects
- -backed
- back
- base
- bed
- crust
- face
- facet
- flange
- front
- nap
- outside
- overlay
- plate
- rear
- reverse
- substrate
- superficialis
- surface area
- underneath
- underside
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side noun (EDGE)
A2 [ C ] an edge or border of something:
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- How many sides does a rhombus have?
- There are hedges around the sides of the garden.
- Along one side of the field was a high fence.
- The sides of the tablecloth are edged with lace.
- He was surrounded on all sides by journalists.
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Edges & extremities of objects
- apex
- apices
- bevel
- border
- bottom
- brim
- brow
- crest
- edge
- foot
- framed
- fringe
- front
- palm-fringed
- peripheral
- periphery
- rim
- surmount
- tip
- vertex
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side noun (NEXT TO)
B2 [ U ] a place next to something:
[ C ] US informal also side order, UK also side dish in a restaurant, an extra dish of food, for example vegetables or salad, that is served with the main dish, sometimes on a separate plate:
B2 next to each other:
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- Both children, disengaging themselves from their game, came to her side.
- Unfortunately I was sitting at the table with smokers on either side of me.
- Cut off any excess pastry and put it to one side.
- Her son walked by her side.
- I have a lamp at the side of my chair.
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Next to and beside
- abreast
- adjacent
- adjoining
- against
- along
- alongside
- at sb's elbow idiom
- beside
- border
- contiguous
- coterminous
- elbow
- next
- next door
- on
- shoulder to shoulder idiom
- surround
- to
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side noun (PART)
A2 [ C ] a part of something, especially in relation to a real or imagined central line:
C2 [ C usually singular ] the part of the body from under the arm to the top of the leg:
[ C ] UK a television channel:
B2 from left to right and from right to left:
[ C usually singular ] half of an animal's body, considered as meat:
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- At the top of the hill I switched off the engine and we just coasted down the other side.
- We can now communicate instantly with people on the other side of the world.
- He managed to keep afloat by holding on to the side of the boat.
- In the US, you drive on the right hand side of the road, but in Britain the converse applies.
- They ran to the pool, dived in, and swam to the other side.
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Words meaning parts of things
- back end
- bifurcation
- body
- branch
- cartridge
- chunk
- compartment
- element
- feature
- item
- module
- neck
- section
- segment
- segmental
- snatch
- spare
- sub
- subsection
- third
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side noun (OPPOSING GROUP)
B2 [ C, + sing/pl verb ] one of two or more opposing teams or groups:
to support one person or group rather than another, in an argument or war:
B2 to support someone in an argument:
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- He was cheering for the other side.
- Our commiserations to the losing side!
- The ceasefire treaty was a dead letter as soon as it was signed, as neither side ever had any intention of keeping to it.
- France play with more flair and inventiveness, whereas England are a more disciplined side.
- The teams change ends at half-time so that neither side has an unfair advantage.
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- think tank
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- trio
- triumvirate
- wing
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side noun (OPINION)
B2 [ C ] an opinion held in an argument, or a way of considering something:
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- The government has come down on the side of military action.
- Critics said judges were on the side of the establishment.
- He was, in this matter at least, firmly on the side of the angels.
- Whose side are you on in this dispute?
- The media seem to be on the side of the rebels.
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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- -ist
- article of faith
- attitude
- attitudinal
- baggage
- banner
- be a matter of opinion idiom
- core
- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- try sth out on sb
- turn of mind
- voice
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
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side noun (PART OF SITUATION)
B2 [ C ] a part of a situation, system, etc. that can be considered or dealt with separately:
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Words meaning parts of things
- back end
- bifurcation
- body
- branch
- cartridge
- chunk
- compartment
- element
- feature
- item
- module
- neck
- section
- segment
- segmental
- snatch
- spare
- sub
- subsection
- third
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side noun (CHARACTER)
B2 [ C ] a part of someone's character:
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Mind and personality
- (a) penny for your thoughts idiom
- -minded
- alter ego
- beauty
- beauty is only skin deep idiom
- better nature
- cognitive
- ego
- inwardly
- mental
- mental age
- mentality
- penny
- psyche
- quality
- quirk
- rational
- self
- spirit
- unconscious
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Idiom(s)
sideadjective [ before noun ]
uk/saɪd/us/saɪd/not in or at the centre or main part of something:
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Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- dinner
- dinner party
- dinner time
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- packed lunch
- picnic
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- tea party
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner
- working lunch/breakfast
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