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inside

1.0
In or into the inner part of something
  • adposition
  • /ɪnˈsaɪd/
translation icon : dentro de
  • But he had the right to the furniture inside my office if he wanted it.
  • inside the home
  • inside the body
  • inside the building

Now, how does what gets inside of you get there?

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Examples

  • I think we may survive inside this box we have.

  • She found a letter inside the drawer that she hadn't seen before.

  • How am I going to get this stick inside of the apple?

  • Now, how does what gets inside of you get there?

  • I feel physical pain inside of me all from this.

  • But you want to go right inside the corner of your eye.

  • And he is trying to get inside the house.

  • You could have a baby starting inside you right now, and not even know it.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Other bottles had probably been inside the crate, but now it was empty.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We have 20 million of those pellets inside the reactor vessel.

Synonyms

in
vsinside
1.0

To the inside of a room or box

also covers being located at the central part as well as movement
within
vsinside
4 1.0

Inside a place or thing, usually in its inner part

means location at the central part more generally, not only bounded by limits

Antonyms

413 1.0

The outer side of something that is not the inside

Idioms

inside and out
  • Informal
33 3.5

Completely and in every detail

inside out
  • Informal
13 3.7

Completely and in every detail

13 2.2

With the inner side turned to the outside

dead inside
  • Informal
12 8.5

Having no feelings and unable to enjoy things or care

1 9.9

Being numb and empty inside after loss or long sadness

In a usual, not creative way that avoids new ideas

Compounds

23 4.2

A crime done with help from someone who works there

Secret facts not known to the public that give an advantage

inside scoop
  • Literature
10 5.5

Secret information that only a few people know about a company or event

4 9.9

Knowledge or talk that only people who work in a field understand

3 3.0

With the inner side showing on the outside

3 5.2

A special advantage that gives someone a better chance to succeed

A long water route along the coast for boats from Seattle to Skagway, protected by islands

inside caliper
  • Specialized
8.5

A tool with curved legs used to measure the inside width of holes or slots

inside clinch
  • Jargon
9.3

A knot that holds a fishing hook by passing the line end through a loop

inside loop
  • Specialized
9.8

A plane flight that climbs, flies upside down, then dives in a vertical circle with the pilot on the inside

The inner side of a curved racecourse that is the shortest way

How Inside

inside
1.0
to edge
3 3.2
outside
24 1.0

Surface Forms

inside main

Morphology

inside = side (transparent) = in + side

The prepositional meaning 'within the interior of' is a straightforward grammatical use of the compound. [Postprocessing: moved 'in' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

The word inside comes from Old English parts in 'in' and side 'side', so it shows that something is in the inner part of a place. So we put keys or letters inside a bag or envelope because they are within it.