Meaning

5 senses
  1. (not comparable)Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of a place, especially a building.

    I opened the book and found a hidden note inside.

    It started raining, so I went inside.

    within a building

  2. Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of a place, especially a building.

    (not comparable)Indoors.

    It was snowing, so the children stayed inside.

  3. (not comparable)On the inner side of something.

    I cleaned the window inside.

  4. (colloquial, not comparable)In or to prison.

    He spent ten years inside, doing a stretch for burglary.

    She will have to go inside unless the jury sides with her.

  5. (not comparable)Intimately, secretly or in one's inner heart or soul; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.

    That's something I truly believe inside.

    He knows the truth, but he's keeping it inside.

Examples

2682 sentences
  1. He turned his coat inside out.

    Він вивернув пальто навиворіт. — deniko

    ruОн вывернул пальто наизнанку. — fjay69

  2. Tom and Mary are still inside.

    Том та Мері все ще всередині. — deniko

    ruТом и Мэри всё ещё внутри. — odexed

  3. This door is locked from inside.

    Ці двері замкнені зсередини. — deniko

    ruЭта дверь заперта изнутри. — nina99nv

  4. I told Tom to come inside.

    Я сказав Тому увійти всередину. — deniko

    ruЯ сказал Тому, чтобы он заходил внутрь. — marafon

  5. The door was locked from the inside.

    Двері замкнені ключом зсередини. — deniko

    ruДверь была заперта изнутри. — marafon

    deDie Tür war von innen verschlossen. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
within the interior (position):
Русский
By meaning 1
within the interior (position):
Deutsch
By meaning 2
within the interior (position):
towards the interior (movement):

Origin

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

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

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Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

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

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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