- inside
- [[t]ɪ̱nsa͟ɪd[/t]]
♦♦insides(The preposition is usually pronounced [[t]ɪnsa͟ɪd[/t]].)1) PREP Something or someone that is inside a place, container, or object is in it or is surrounded by it.
Inside the passport was a folded slip of paper...
There is a telephone inside the entrance hall.
Ant:ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, from ADV, n ADV, ADV with clInside is also an adverb.The couple chatted briefly on the doorstep before going inside... He ripped open the envelope and read what was inside... I could hear music coming from inside... At a table inside, a man and woman were awaiting her... Inside, clouds of cigarette smoke swirled from the booths along the walk.
ADJ: ADJ nInside is also an adjective....four-berth inside cabins with en suite bathroom and shower.
2) N-COUNT: usu the N in sing The inside of something is the part or area that its sides surround or contain.The doors were locked from the inside...
I painted the inside of the house the colours of an English garden...
Kiwi fruit can be eaten by cutting off the tops and scooping out the insides with a teaspoon.
Ant:ADJ: ADJ nInside is also an adjective.The popular papers all have photo features on their inside pages.
ADV: adj ADVInside is also an adverb.The potato cakes can be shallow or deep-fried until crisp outside and meltingly soft inside.
3) ADV: be ADV, ADV after v You can say that someone is inside when they are in prison. [INFORMAL]They've both done prison time - he's been inside three times.
4) ADJ: ADJ n On a wide road, the inside lane is the one which is closest to the edge of the road. [BRIT]I was driving up at seventy miles an hour on the inside lane on the motorway.
Syn:Ant:N-SING: the N, oft on the NInside is also a noun.I overtook Charlie on the inside, and I accelerated all the way to the finish.
(in AM, use slow lane)5) ADJ: ADJ n Inside information is obtained from someone who is involved in a situation and therefore knows a lot about it.Sloane used inside diplomatic information to make himself rich...
Keith Vass, editor, denies he had inside knowledge...
It's fascinating to get the inside story so many years after this incident.
6) PREP If you are inside an organization, you belong to it.75 percent of chief executives come from inside the company...
He hasn't looked very carefully into what was happening inside the ruling party.
ADJ: ADJ nInside is also an adjective....a recent book about the inside world of pro football.
N-SING: the NInside is also a noun.McAvoy was convinced he could control things from the inside but he lost control.
7) N-PLURAL: usu poss N Your insides are your internal organs, especially your stomach. [INFORMAL]Syn:8) ADV: ADV after v, n ADV If you say that someone has a feeling inside, you mean that they have it but have not expressed it.There is nothing left inside - no words, no anger, no tears...
Do you get a feeling inside when you write something you like?
PREP: usu n PREP pronInside is also a preposition.He felt a great weight of sorrow inside him... There was a little anger inside me.
N-SING: the NInside is also a noun.What is needed is a change from the inside, a real change in outlook and attitude.
9) PREP: PREP amount If you do something inside a particular time, you do it before the end of that time.They should have everything working inside an hour...
New Zealand were ahead inside five minutes.
Syn:10) PHRASE: PHR after v If something such as a piece of clothing is inside out, the part that is normally inside now faces outwards.Her umbrella blew inside out.
11) PHRASE: v n PHR (emphasis) If you say that you know something or someone inside out, you are emphasizing that you know them extremely well.He knew the game inside out...
We know each other inside out.
12) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that something has been turned inside out, you mean that it is the opposite of what you expect or think it should be.Edinburgh is an American city turned inside out: the rich in the middle, the poor around the outside...
War turns morality inside out: killing and cruelty are virtues.
English dictionary. 2008.
