transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnsaɪd ]
The preposition is usually pronounced /ɪnsaɪd/.
( insides)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: The form 'inside of' can also be used as a preposition. This form is more usual in American English.
1.
Something or someone that is inside a place, container, or object is in it or is surrounded by it.
Inside the passport was a folded slip of paper...
There is a telephone inside the entrance hall.
≠ outside
PREP
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Inside is also an adverb.
The couple chatted briefly on the doorstep before going inside...
Inside, clouds of cigarette smoke swirled.
≠ outside
ADV : ADV after v , be ADV , from ADV , n ADV , ADV with cl
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Inside is also an adjective.
...four-berth inside cabins with en suite bathroom and shower.
ADJ : ADJ n
2.
The inside of something is the part or area that its sides surround or contain.
The doors were locked from the inside...
I painted the inside of the house...
≠ outside
N-COUNT : usu the N in sing
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Inside is also an adjective.
The popular papers all have photo features on their inside pages.
ADJ : ADJ n
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Inside is also an adverb.
The potato cakes should be crisp outside and meltingly soft inside.
ADV : adj ADV
3.
You can say that someone is inside when they are in prison. ( INFORMAL )
He’s been inside three times.
ADV : be ADV , ADV after v
4.
On a wide road, the inside lane is the one which is closest to the edge of the road. Compare outside . ( BRIT )
I was driving up at seventy miles an hour on the inside lane on the motorway.
= nearside
≠ outside
ADJ : ADJ n
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Inside is also a noun. ( in AM, use slow lane )
I overtook Charlie on the inside.
≠ outside
N-SING : the N , oft on the N
5.
Inside information is obtained from someone who is involved in a situation and therefore knows a lot about it.
Sloane used inside diplomatic information to make himself rich...
ADJ : ADJ n
6.
If you are inside an organization, you belong to it.
75 percent of chief executives come from inside the company...
PREP
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Inside is also an adjective.
...a recent book about the inside world of pro football.
ADJ : ADJ n
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Inside is also a noun.
McAvoy was convinced he could control things from the inside but he lost control.
N-SING : the N
7.
Your insides are your internal organs, especially your stomach. ( INFORMAL )
N-PLURAL : usu poss N
8.
If you say that someone has a feeling inside , you mean that they have it but have not expressed it.
There is nothing left inside–no words, no anger, no tears...
ADV : ADV after v , n ADV
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Inside is also a preposition.
He felt a great weight of sorrow inside him...
PREP : usu n PREP pron
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Inside is also a noun.
What is needed is a change from the inside, a real change in outlook and attitude.
N-SING : the N
9.
If you do something inside a particular time, you do it before the end of that time.
They should have everything working inside an hour...
= within
PREP : PREP amount
10.
If something such as a piece of clothing is inside out , the part that is normally inside now faces outwards.
Her umbrella blew inside out.
PHRASE : PHR after v
11.
If you say that you know something or someone inside out , you are emphasizing that you know them extremely well.
He knew the game inside out...
PHRASE : v n PHR [ emphasis ]