inside
Noun · Adjective · AdverbOpen English WordNet
Adverb (4)
- within a building“in winter we play inside”Synonyms: indoorsOpposite out of doors
- on the inside“inside, the car is a mess”Synonyms: withinOpposite outside
- with respect to private feelings“inwardly, she was raging”Synonyms: inwardlyOpposite outwardlyFrom inward
- in reality“she is very kind at heart”Synonyms: at heartat bottomdeep downin spite of appearance
Noun (2)insides
Adjective (4)
- relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space“he reached into his inside jacket pocket”“inside out”“an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter”Opposite outsideSimilar wrongSee also internal
- being or applying to the inside of a building“an inside wall”Opposite exteriorSimilar interior
- confined to an exclusive group“privy to inner knowledge”“inside information”“privileged information”Synonyms: innerprivilegedOpposite inclusiveSimilar exclusive
- away from the outer edge“the inside lane”Opposite outerSimilar inner
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Translations
Adverb within the interior
- Spanish
- dentro
- French
- dedans
- German
- drinnen
- Italian
- dentro
- Portuguese
- dentro
- Turkish
- içeride
- Russian
- внутри́ vnutrí
- Arabic
- دَاخِل dāḵil
- Chinese
- 里边 lǐbian
- Dutch
- binnen
21 more languages
- Polish
- wewnątrz
- Swedish
- inne
- Greek
- μέσα mésa
- Hungarian
- bent
- Portuguese (PT)
- dentro
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 裡邊 lǐbian
- Catalan
- dins
- Czech
- uvnitř
- Danish
- indenfor
- Esperanto
- ene
- Estonian
- sees
- Finnish
- sisällä
- Georgian
- შიგნით šignit
- Hebrew
- בִּפְנִים bif'ním
- Latvian
- iekšā
- Norwegian
- innenfor
- Romanian
- înăuntru
- Scottish Gaelic
- a-staigh
- Slovak
- vnútri
- Swahili
- ndani
- Welsh
- i mewn
Noun interior or inner part
Preposition within, in the interior of
- Spanish
- dentro de
- French
- à l'intérieur de
- German
- innerhalb
- Italian
- dentro
- Portuguese
- dentro de
- Turkish
- içinde
- Russian
- внутри́ vnutrí
- Arabic
- دَاخِل dāḵil
- Chinese
- 在…里面 zài…lǐmiàn
- Japanese
- …の中に no naka ni
36 more languages
- Dutch
- binnen
- Polish
- wewnątrz
- Swedish
- inuti
- Greek
- μέσα mésa
- Korean
- ...안에 ...ane
- Indonesian
- dalam
- Vietnamese
- bên trong
- Hungarian
- belül
- Portuguese (PT)
- dentro de
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 在……裡面 zài ... lǐmiàn
- Albanian
- brenda
- Breton
- e-barzh
- Catalan
- dins
- Corsican
- indrentu
- Czech
- uvnitř
- Danish
- inden i
- Esperanto
- interne de
- Estonian
- sees
- Finnish
- sisällä
- Georgian
- შიგნით šignit
- Hebrew
- בתוך b'tókh
- Icelandic
- inni
- Kurdish
- di hundirê
- Latvian
- iekšā
- Lithuanian
- viduje
- Malagasy
- ao anatin'
- Norwegian
- inni
- Romanian
- înăuntru
- Scottish Gaelic
- taobh a-staigh
- Serbo-Croatian
- unutar
- Slovak
- vnútri
- Slovenian
- znotraj
- Swahili
- ndani ya
- Walloon
- dins
- Welsh
- tu mewn
- Yiddish
- אינעווייניק inevenik
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.
1. Being within; included or inclosed in anything; contained; interior; internal; as, the inside passengers of a stagecoach; inside decoration.
Kissing with inside lip.— William Shakespeare
2. Adapted to the interior.
Inside callipers Mechanics, callipers for measuring the diameters of holes, etc. — Inside finish Architecture, a general term for the final work in any building necessary for its completion, but other than unusual decoration; thus, in joiner work, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards, and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing coat, the cornices, centerpieces, etc.,; in painting, all simple painting of woodwork and plastering. — Inside track, the inner part of a race course; hence, colloquially, advantage of place, facilities, contacts, etc., in competition.
1. The part within; interior or internal portion; content.
Looked he o' the inside of the paper?— William Shakespeare
2. pl. The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings.
Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides freely.— Philip Massinger
3. An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside. colloquial (British)
So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three insides.— Anti-Jacobin Review and Mag.
Patent insides or Patent outsides, a name give to newspaper sheets printed on one side with general and miscellaneous matter, and furnished wholesale to offices of small newspapers, where the blank pages are filled up with recent and local news.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54