inside
noun · adverb · adjective
Simple meaning
The side of a curved road, racetrack etc.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɪnˈsaɪd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
The interior or inner part.
The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
colloquialin the plural
The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
adverb
Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
Indoors.
colloquial
In or to prison.
adjective
Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
of a person
Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
Used this way, inside is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use inside
- “Inside, the car is a mess.”adverb
- “In winter we play inside.”adverb
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Inflected forms
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An officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations.
Compound terms
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True confidential information.
Some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim.
A loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight.
With the inside facing outward.
A naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska.
A favorable position in a competition.
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