Meaning

6 senses
  1. The interior or inner part.

    The inside of the building has been extensively restored.

    Innenseite, Inneres

    вну́тренностьvnútrennostʹ, вну́тренняя частьvnútrennjaja častʹ

    вну́трішністьvnútrišnistʹ, нутро́nutró

    the inner or enclosed surface of something

  2. The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.

    On a motorway, you should never pass another vehicle on the inside.

  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.

    The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.

  4. (colloquial, in the plural)The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.

    Eating that stuff will damage your insides.

    нутро́nutró, вну́тренностиvnútrennosti

  5. (UK, colloquial, dated)A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.

  6. (slang)The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.

Examples

2682 sentences
  1. He turned his coat inside out.

    Він вивернув пальто навиворіт.

    ruОн вывернул пальто наизнанку.

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  2. Tom and Mary are still inside.

    Том та Мері все ще всередині.

    ruТом и Мэри всё ещё внутри.

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  3. This door is locked from inside.

    Ці двері замкнені зсередини.

    ruЭта дверь заперта изнутри.

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  4. I told Tom to come inside.

    Я сказав Тому увійти всередину.

    ruЯ сказал Тому, чтобы он заходил внутрь.

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  5. The door was locked from the inside.

    Двері замкнені ключом зсередини.

    ruДверь была заперта изнутри.

    deDie Tür war von innen verschlossen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
interior or inner part:
Русский
By meaning 2
interior or inner part:
interior organs of the body:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
interior or inner part:

Origin

From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side.

From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side.

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Forms

plural: insides
Singularinside
Pluralinsides

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the inner or enclosed surface of something:interior
  • the region that is inside of something:interior

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • go inside
  • inside all day
  • stay inside
  • on inside out
  • stay inside all
  • inside the house
  • to stay inside
  • back inside
  • go back inside
  • inside the box
  • inside the cave
  • come inside

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inside — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto