Meaning

8 senses

  1. (intransitive)To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"

    Which will you side with, good or evil?

  2. To lean on one side.

  3. (transitive)To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

  4. (transitive)To furnish with a siding.

    to side a house

  5. (transitive)To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.

  6. To clear, tidy or sort.

  7. (obsolete, transitive)To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.

  8. (obsolete, transitive)To suit; to pair; to match.

More definitions
  • take sides for or against

Examples

2494 sentences

  1. Lie down on your left side.

    Ляжте на лівий бік. — aandrusiak

    ruЛожитесь на левый бок. — corvard

    deLegen Sie sich auf die linke Seite. — corvard

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  2. Don't always take sides with Tom.

    Не треба завжди бути на боці Тома. — deniko

    deStell dich nicht immer auf Toms Seite. — Naina

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  3. I opened the passenger side door.

    Я відчинив пасажирські двері. — deniko

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  4. This medicine doesn't have side effects.

    Ці ліки не мають побічних ефектів. — uaspeaker

    ruУ этого лекарства нет побочных эффектов. — Hellerick

    deDiese Medizin hat keine Nebenwirkungen. — sacredceltic

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  5. I took his side in the argument.

    Я прийняв його сторону у суперечці. — deniko

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ

From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), derived from *sīdaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“long, lasting”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”).

From Middle English side, syde, syd, from Old English sīd (“wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīd, from Proto-Germanic *sīdaz (“drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēy- (“to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch zijd (“wide, vast”), Low German sied (“low”), Swedish sid (“long, hanging down”), Icelandic síður (“low hanging, long”).

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Forms

sides, siding, sided, sided
Base formside · to side
3rd person singularsides
Present participlesiding
Past simplesided
Past participlesided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyside
he, she, itsides

Past simpleLesson

all personssided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sided
he, she, ithas sided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill side

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
ally oneself:take side

Word family

6 related words
RelatedallianceB2allyljoin in
Derivedside againstside withsiding

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • side of the
  • the other side
  • other side of
  • other side
  • side by side
  • the side of
  • on our side
  • side effects
  • side of town
  • on the side
  • by my side
  • on my side

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sicklysicknessB1sidebarsidekicksideline

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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