inside

IPA: ɪnsˈaɪd

noun

  • The interior or inner part.
  • The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
  • 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.
  • (colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
  • (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
  • (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.

adjective

  • Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
  • Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
  • Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
  • (of a person) 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.
  • (baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
  • 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

  • Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
  • (colloquial) In or to prison.
  • Indoors.
  • Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
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Examples of "inside" in Sentences

  • It had a label inside saying 'Stradivarius' and a crack down its back.
  • Oh no, inside, instead, (_to Argyrippus, as she goes back inside_) Come along with me, darling.
  • A freshly starched shirt, a tight collar, or the label inside an undershirt can cause significant discomfort or distraction.
  • "He could have locked the door after him on the outside, not on the inside; but when we came in here, _it was locked on the inside_.
  • Because his sentence exceeds 10 years, I don't think he will have the privilege of serving his term inside a minimum-security federal prison camp.
  • As expected, they were wary of his term inside the Obama administration, and objected to his support for civil unions and embrace of evolution and climate change.
  • Now the sweet roses are thrown down at the threshold, and still another ghost of the rose keeps questioning after me — Who can it be now, who carries his name inside her?

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