side
noun (NEXT TO) /saɪd/Definition
B2 [U] a place next to something: I have a small table at/by the side of (= next to) my bed. He stayed at/by her side (= with her) throughout her long illness. → See also alongside, aside adverb, besideNext to and beside › [C] US informal → side dish side by side B2 next to each other: The children sat side by side on the sofa watching television.Next to and beside
(Definition of side noun (NEXT TO) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abreast adverb
- adjacent adjective
- adjoining adjective
- against preposition (TOUCHING)
- along preposition (NEXT TO)
- alongside preposition, adverb
- at sb's elbow idiom
- beside preposition
- contiguous adjective
- coterminous adjective
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