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English
Etymology
From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side.
Compare German Innenseite (“inside”), Danish inderside (“inside”), Swedish insida (“inside”), Dutch binnenzijde (“inside”), German Low German Binnensied, Binnersied (“inside”), Saterland Frisian Binnersiede (“inside”).
Pronunciation
Noun
inside (plural insides)
- The interior or inner part.
The inside of the building has been extensively restored.
1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Looked he o' the inside of the paper?
- 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.
- 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.
- (colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
Eating that stuff will damage your insides.
- (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1837, →OCLC:So, what between Mr. Dowler's stories, and Mrs. Dowler's charms, and Mr. Pickwick's good humour, and Mr. Winkle's good listening, the insides contrived to be very companionable all the way.
- (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
2000, Jean Forray, The View from the Bottom, page 58:Anyone got the inside on the new ratings? The book is out.
Translations
interior or inner part
- Apache:
- Western Apache: yuneʼ
- Arabic: دَاخِل (dāḵil)
- Egyptian Arabic: جوّا (gowwa)
- Hijazi Arabic: جُوَّة (juwwa)
- Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ)
- Basque: barne
- Belarusian: уну́транасць (unútranascʹ), нутро́ n (nutró)
- Bulgarian: вътрешност (bg) f (vǎtrešnost)
- Catalan: interior (ca) m, dintre (ca) m, dins (ca) m
- Cebuano: sulod
- Chinese:
- Eastern Min: 入势 (die sie)
- Mandarin: 裡面/里面 (zh) (lǐmiàn), 裡邊/里边 (zh) (lǐbiān)
- Wu: 里向
- Czech: vnitřek (cs) m
- Dutch: binnenkant (nl) m
- Finnish: sisäpuoli (fi), sisäosa (fi)
- French: intérieur (fr) m
- German: Innenseite (de) f, Inneres (de) n
- Hebrew: תּוֹךְ (he) m (toch)
- Higaonon: solod
- Hiligaynon: sulod
- Icelandic: að innan
- Indonesian: dalam (id)
- Italian: interno (it) m
- Japanese: 内部 (ja) (ないぶ, naibu)
- Javanese: jero (jv)
- Kabuverdianu: dentu
- Korean: 안 (ko) (an), 내부 (ko) (naebu)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ژوورەوە (jûrewe), ژوورێ (jûrê)
- Macedonian: внатрешност f (vnatrešnost)
- Manchu: ᡩᠣᠯᠣ (dolo)
- Maori: roto
- Mongolian: дотор (mn) (dotor)
- Old Javanese: jro
- Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰲 (ič /ič/)
- Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç)
- Persian: داخل (fa) (dâxel), اندرون (fa) (andarun)
- Polish: wnętrze (pl) n, środek (pl) m
- Portuguese: interior (pt) m
- Russian: вну́тренность (ru) f (vnútrennostʹ), вну́тренняя часть f (vnútrennjaja častʹ)
- Samoan: totonu
- Serbo-Croatian: nutrìna (sh) f, ùnutrašnjōst (sh) f
- Slovene: notranjost f
- Spanish: interior (es) m
- Swahili: ndani (sw)
- Swedish: insida (sv) c
- Tetum: laran
- Thai: ข้างใน (th) (kâang-nai), ภายใน (th) (paai-nai)
- Tibetan: ནང (nang)
- Tongan: loto
- Turkish: iç (tr)
- Ukrainian: вну́трішність f (vnútrišnistʹ), нутро́ n (nutró)
- Yiddish: אינעווייניק m (ineveynik)
- Zazaki: zere c
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side of a road that is farthest from the middle of the road
side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length
interior organs of the body
Adjective
inside (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
The inside surface of the cup is unpainted.
- Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
- Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.
- All the window seats were occupied, so she took an inside seat.
2003, Timothy Noakes, Lore of Running, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 731:As the centripetal force is an inverse function of the radius of the curve, it follows that the runner in the outside lane will be less affected than the runner in the inside lane.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
- The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.
- The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.
- They wanted to know the inside story behind the celebrity's fall from grace.
2011, G. M. Lucas, An Unsung Quartet, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 210:“They have an inside man at the base, so I didn't want to alert him. If their inside man called Mr. C about us locating the C-4, I doubt you and Gail would still be alive.”
- (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.
- Antonym: outside
1974, Michael Garfield Smith, The Plural Society in the British West Indies, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 235:But the terms normally used to distinguish a man's resident and absent children are "inside" and "outside," the reference being to the home where the common father dwells. Only rarely will a man describe his "inside" children born out of out of wedlock as "lawful," [...]
2008, Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 158:An 'outside wife' has limited social recognition and status because her husband typically refuses to declare her publicly as his wife. She also has much less social and politico-jural recognition than an 'inside wife' [...]
2014, Alison Miller, Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control and Ritual Abuse, Karnac Books, →ISBN, page 185:[The person] who was going to visit her with his wife had a physical resemblance to the abuser, so some of her inside children had a strong reaction of fear and revulsion to him. They were afraid to look at the face of the guest in case he was the abuser.
- (baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
- The first pitch is ... just a bit inside.
- 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.
the inside lane of the motorway
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
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
baseball: of a pitch, toward the batter
Translations to be checked
- Albanian: (please verify) brenda (sq)
- Arabic: (please verify) فِي (ar) (fī)
- Egyptian Arabic: (please verify) في (fe)
- Czech: (please verify) uvnitř (cs)
- Dutch: (please verify) binnen (nl)
- Georgian: (please verify) შიგ (šig), (please verify) შიგნით (šignit), (please verify) შინაგანი (šinagani)
- Hungarian: (please verify) bent (hu)
- Italian: (please verify) dentro (it) m, (please verify) dall'interno, (please verify) riservato (it)
- Korean: (please verify) 안 (ko) (an), (please verify) 속 (ko) (sok), (please verify) 내(內) (ko) (nae)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: (please verify) ناو (ckb) (naw)
- Macedonian: (please verify) внатрешен m (vnatrešen)
- Malayalam: (please verify) അകം (ml) (akaṁ)
- Maori: (please verify) nō roto
- Portuguese: (please verify) interno (pt)
- Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) unutrašnjost (sh), (please verify) unutra (sh), (please verify) unutarnji (sh), (please verify) nutarnji (sh)
- Slovene: (please verify) notranji
- Swahili: (please verify) ndani (sw)
- Swedish: (please verify) insides-
- Turkish: (please verify) içerisinde, (please verify) sınırları içinde
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Adverb
inside (not comparable)
- Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
- It started raining, so I went inside.
- The secretive residents of the massive city-ship tended to stay inside.
- (colloquial) In or to prison.
- He spent ten years inside, doing a stretch for burglary.
- Indoors.
- It was snowing, so the children stayed inside.
- Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
- Are you laughing at us inside?
Translations
within the interior
- Arabic: فِي بَطْن (fī baṭn), ضِمْن (ḍimn), دَاخِل (dāḵil)
- Hijazi Arabic: جُوَّة (juwwa)
- Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ), ներս (hy) (ners)
- Aromanian: nuntru (roa-rup)
- Belarusian: усярэ́дзіне (usjarédzinje), унутры́ (unutrý), уну́тр (unútr) (where to), уну́тар (unútar) (where to)
- Bulgarian: вътре (bg) (vǎtre)
- Catalan: dins (ca), dintre (ca)
- Chamicuro: yilijko shana
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 裡邊/里边 (zh) (lǐbian), 裡面/里面 (zh) (lǐmiàn)
- Czech: uvnitř (cs)
- Dalmatian: drante
- Danish: inde
- Dutch: binnen (nl)
- Estonian: sees (et)
- Finnish: sisäpuolella (fi), sisällä (fi)
- French: dedans (fr), au-dedans (fr), là-dedans (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: drinnen (de)
- Alemannic German: dine, hinenie, ii
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰 (inna)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἔνδον (éndon)
- Hebrew: בִּפְנִים (bif'ním)
- Hindi: अंदर (hi) (andar)
- Hungarian: bent (hu)
- Ingrian: sises
- Istriot: drento
- Italian: dentro (it)
- Japanese: 中に (ja) (なかに, naka ni)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ژوورەوە (jûrewe), ژوورێ (jûrê)
- Northern Kurdish: hindir (ku), jûr (ku)
- Latgalian: vydā
- Latin: intus, intrā (la)
- Latvian: iekšā
- Lithuanian: viduje
- Lombard: denter (lmo)
- Macedonian: внатре (vnatre)
- Malayalam: അകത്ത് (ml) (akattŭ), ഉള്ളിൽ (ml) (uḷḷil)
- Maori: ki roto
- Mòcheno: drinn
- Mongolian: дотор (mn) (dotor)
- Neapolitan: dinto
- Northern Sami: siste
- Norwegian: inne (no)
- Occitan: dins (oc)
- Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰲𐰧𐰁 (ičnta /ičinte/)
- Papiamentu: den
- Persian: درون (fa) (darun)
- Polish: wewnątrz (pl), w środku (pl)
- Portuguese: dentro (pt)
- Romagnol: déntar, indéntar, drénta, indrénta
- Romanian: înăuntru (ro)
- Russian: (where) внутри́ (ru) (vnutrí), (where to) внутрь (ru) (vnutrʹ)
- Samoan: totonu
- Scottish Gaelic: a-staigh
- Serbo-Croatian: ùnūtra (sh)
- Slovak: vnútri
- Slovene: notri
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: nutśi
- Spanish: dentro (es)
- Swahili: ndani (sw)
- Swedish: innanför (sv), därinne (sv)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Telugu: లోపల (te) (lōpala)
- Tetum: laran
- Tocharian B: eneṅka
- Tongan: loto
- Turkish: içinde (tr)
- Ukrainian: усере́дині (userédyni), усере́дину (userédynu) (where to)
- Urdu: اندر (andar)
- Venetian: drénto
- Walloon: ådvins (wa)
- Welsh: i mewn
- Zazaki: zere, miyan (diq)
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Preposition
inside
- Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.
- He placed the letter inside the envelope.
- Within a period of time.
- The job was finished inside two weeks.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:Then he commenced to talk, really talk, and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
Translations
within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference
- Arabic: دَاخِل (dāḵil)
- Egyptian Arabic: جُوَّة (gowwa)
- Hijazi Arabic: جُوَّة (juwwa)
- Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ)
- Basque: barnean
- Belarusian: ўнутры́ (ŭnutrý), ўнутр (ŭnutr)
- Bulgarian: вътре (bg) (vǎtre)
- Burmese: အထဲ (my) (a.htai:)
- Catalan: dins (ca), dintre (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 在……裡面/在……里面 (zài ... lǐmiàn), 在……裡邊/在……里边 (zài ... lǐbian), 在 (zh) (zài)
- Cornish: a-ji
- Esperanto: interne de
- Estonian: sees (et), -s
- Finnish: ...-n sisään, ...-n sisälle
- French: dans (fr), à l’intérieur de
- German: innen (de), innerhalb (de), in ... hinein, in (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἐντός (entós)
- Haitian Creole: nan, andedan
- Hebrew: בתוך
- Hindi: अंदर (hi) (andar)
- Icelandic: inni (is)
- Ingrian: sissee (motion), sises (location)
- Italian: dentro (it), all'interno, nel (it), nello (it), nella (it), negli (it)
- Japanese: ...の中に (ja) (... no naka ni), ...に (ja) (... ni), ...で (ja) (... de)
- Konkani: भित्तरि (bhittari)
- Korean: […] 안에 ([ … ] an-e), […] 에 ([ … ] -e)
- Ladino: arientro de, ariento de, adientro de
- Latin: intrā (la)
- Malayalam: ഉള്ളിൽ (ml) (uḷḷil), അകത്ത് (ml) (akattŭ)
- Maori: roto
- Marathi: अन्तर (antar)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: اندرون (fa) (andarun)
- Portuguese: dentro (pt)
- Quechua: ukhu (qu)
- Russian: (where) внутри́ (ru) (vnutrí), (where to) внутрь (ru) (vnutrʹ), в (ru) (v)
- Sanskrit: अन्त (sa) (anta)
- Slovak: vnútri
- Slovene: znotraj (sl)
- Spanish: dentro de (es)
- Swedish: i (sv), inuti (sv)
- Thai: ใน (th) (nai)
- Tongan: loto
- Ukrainian: усере́дині (userédyni), усере́дину (userédynu)
- Urdu: اندر (andar)
- Vietnamese: bên trong (vi)
- Walloon: dins (wa)
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Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
īnsidē
- second-person singular present active imperative of īnsideō