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How to pronounce side
Say it like this: /ˈsɑɪ̯d/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does side mean?
nounA bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
“A square has four sides.”
A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
“A cube has six sides.”
One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
“Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side.”
adjBeing on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
“One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.”
Indirect; oblique; incidental.
“a side issue; a side view or remark”
verbTo ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
“Which will you side with, good or evil?”
To lean on one side.
To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
“His blind eye that syded Paridell.”
advWidely; wide; far.
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