side
pronunciation
How to pronounce side in British English:
UK [saɪd]
How to pronounce side in American English:
US [saɪd]
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- Noun:
- a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
- one of two or more contesting groups
- either the left or right half of a body
- an extended outer surface of an object
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
- an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
- a family line of descent
- a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- an elevated geological formation
- (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
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- Verb:
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
- take the side of; be on the side of
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- Adjective:
- located on a side
- added as a consequence or supplement
Word Origin
- side
- side: [OE] The etymological meaning of side appears to be the ‘long’ surface of something (as opposed to the ends or the top or bottom, which are the ‘shorter’ or ‘narrower’ surfaces). The word goes back, together with German seite, Dutch zijde, Swedish sida, and Danish side, to a prehistoric Germanic *sīthō, which was probably derived from the adjective *sīthaz ‘long, deep, low’ (source of Swedish sid ‘long’).
- side (n.)
- Old English side "flanks of a person, the long part or aspect of anything," from Proto-Germanic *sithon (cognates: Old Saxon sida, Old Norse siða, Danish side, Swedish sida, Middle Dutch side, Dutch zidje, Old High German sita, German Seite), from adjective *sithas "long" (source of Old English sid "long, broad, spacious," Old Norse siðr "long, hanging down"), from PIE root *se- "long, late" (see soiree). Original sense preserved in countryside. Figurative sense of "position or attitude of a person or set of persons in relation to another" (as in choosing sides) first recorded mid-13c. Meaning "one of the parties in a transaction" is from late 14c.; sense in a sporting contest or game is from 1690s. Meaning "music on one side of a phonograph record" is first attested 1936. Phrase side by side "close together and abreast" is recorded from c. 1200. Side-splitting "affecting with compulsive laughter" is attested by 1825.
- side (v.)
- late 15c., "to cut into sides" (of meat), from side (n.). Meaning "to support one of the parties in a discussion, dispute, etc.," is first attested 1590s, from side (n.) in the figurative sense; earlier to hold sides (late 15c.). Related: Sided; siding.
- side (adj.)
- late 14c., from side (n.).
Example
- 1. So which side deserves to win ?
- 2. Try to look on the bright side .
- 3. Once ready , the freshly minted pencil pops out the side .
- 4. Which side of the atlantic are you on ?
- 5. Yet that is only one side of the story .