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Commonside
The correct spelling is side.
How to pronounce side
/saɪd/
nounIPA: /saɪd/
Say it like: Sid-e
The correct spelling is side. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. For example: "A square has four sides."
Usage Examples
“A square has four sides.”
“A cube has six sides.”
“Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
- 2.A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- 3.One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- 4.A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- 5.The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
verb
- 1.To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
- 2.To lean on one side.
- 3.To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
- 4.To suit; to pair; to match.
- 5.To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
adjective
- 1.Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
- 2.Indirect; oblique; incidental.
- 3.Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
- 4.Far; distant.
adverb
- 1.Widely; wide; far.
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