side by side
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2.2
- idiom
:
uno al lado del otro
- The flowers were planted side by side in the garden, creating a beautiful display.
- sit side by side
- stand side by side
- work side by side
For those films, that's put side by side alongside the concept art.
- For those films, that's put side by side alongside the concept art.
- We stood side by side, facing the closing doors.
- They accelerate the same, so they stay side by side, right?
- But now seeing them side by side, I like the Sony.
- Two teams building cars side by side every single day.
- However, you put you guys side by side like you got them.
- Create eternal bond, be buried side by side, you fucker.
- If you put Devin's side by side with Steffi's, that would look really weird.
- And we were sitting side by side in the back of this car.
- And we worked side by side with the Chinese technicians and so forth.
Examples
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We stood side by side, facing the closing doors.
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When we traveled across the country, my sister and I sat side by side in the car for hours.
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And we were sitting side by side in the back of this car.
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We have been living side by side with the gay community.
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Did you see them lying side by side?
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In the bright morning cold, they, side by side, watched the sun expand into the sky.
Fiction book (1990) -
And so off they went, side by side on the shoulder of the highway.
Fiction book (1990) -
The youngest and oldest members of the student community may sit side by side in the orchestra.
Academic text (2001) -
Iondalar joined her, and they stood side by side trying to see into the darkness below.
Fiction book (1990) -
The two athletes trained side by side on the track, pushing each other to improve.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Right beside another thing with nothing between them
536
1.0
At the side of something or someone
100
3.8
Next to something, often sharing a border or edge
58
1.0
Near each other with very little space between them
20
3.3
Standing very close together in a row or group
13
7.0
Next to each other and touching, like two places that share a border
7
1.0
Next to someone or something, side by side
2
5.8
Next to each other and facing the same way
1
6.5
Very close together with little space between them
Two things placed side by side to show difference
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'next to each other' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'side' (edge) + 'by' (positioned close to) + 'side', with the repetition emphasizing adjacency. This locative, compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English prepositional constructions, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Side by side comes from the plain picture of two objects standing with their sides touching or very near each other. That is why it means 'next to each other' or 'together in close proximity'.