Side meaning in English

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Definition

a side: a border, an edge; a position, a point of view; a surface (of a coin) noun
I will stay by your side. I will remain loyal to you, close to you.
side by side next to each other, close together
to take sides to support, to favor one party in a dispute
on the side: in addition, as an accompaniment idiom

Examples

  • "Philip : On your mother's side or your father's side?"
  • "And then there's the one-hundred and seventy-three from my father's side."
  • "Mrs. Brady drove on the wrong side of the road, and I was too scared to go surfing because they say there are a lot of monsters in Cornwall."
  • "Pull the car over to the side of the road!"
  • "Jean : So, which side do we drive on in this country?"
  • "There ain't but two sides to this world: Them that work, and them that don't."
  • "He's actually from a side of the family I don't get along with."
  • "There is another side to this debate which is not nearly so straightforward."
  • "Clarence : We also have a chocolate raspberry tart with strawberry sorbet on the side."
  • "Please meet me at the green bench on the west side of Paradise Park on Friday, September 28th at 7:37 pm. I will be wearing a pink tuxedo with a black carnation."
  • "Marshall was doing his daily sweep of Amarillo's natural wildlife preserve, which borders Warbuckle's ranch on three sides."
  • "Kevin : Well, on my mother's side of the family, let's see, with three aunts and four uncles, I have a total of thirty-seven cousins."
  • "Anyway, try to send me a quick reply when you have the chance, so that I can make sure everything is okay on the technical side."
  • "I have a number of side projects I'll be working on, including a short story commission, some journalistic work, and a complaint letter to the local council."
  • "Bob Carter : Well, they're black on one side, with a stripe on the other, there's a rubber antenna, and some blue thing..."
  • "Mrs Brady drove on the wrong side of the road, and I was too scared to go surfing because they say there are many monsters in Cornwall."
  • "Kevin : He's on my mum's side."

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