INSIDE

[adverb] [not gradable], preposition, [adjective] [not gradable]What's inside the big box?Customs officials finally broke open the box and found 20 kilos of heroin inside.Could you take your shoes off before going inside (the house)."Is Anna in the garden?" "No, she's inside (= in the house)."Some of these older houses still don't have inside toilets (= toilets in the house, rather than in a building in the garden).He put the documents carefully in his inside pocket (= pocket on the inner side of a jacket or coat).(figurative) She couldn't cope with the grief she felt inside (herself).(figurative) Who can tell what goes on inside his head?If you do something inside a particular time or limit, you do it using less than that amount of time or under the limit.With the new train you can do the journey inside two hours.(informal) He finished it inside of two hours.(informal) A person who is inside is in prison.Her husband's inside for armed robbery.Your inside leg (US inseam) is the measurement from the top of your inner leg to your ankle.