How do you use the word "side" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "side" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "side": You're by my side; everything's fine now. Being objective means not telling everybody whose side you are on.

Side Meaning

/ˈsaɪ̯d/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

nounA flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

Sentence Examples

You're by my side; everything's fine now.

Being objective means not telling everybody whose side you are on.

The right side of the brain

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

lateral broadside

Antonyms:

top bottom

CEFR Practice Quiz

The painting hung on the left ____ of the wall, next to the window.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The restaurant is located on the sunny ____ of the street, making it a popular spot for outdoor dining.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side From Middle English side, from Old English sīde (“side, flank”), from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side, flank, edge, shore”), derived from *sīdaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“long, lasting”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Siede (“side”), West Frisian side (“side”), Dutch zijde, zij (“side”), German Low German Sied (“side”), German Seite (“side”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk side (“side”), Swedish sida (“side”). The LGBTQ slang sense was coined by sex therapist and author Joe Kort in 2010 and popularized in 2013. The sense was coined by analogy with top and bottom and based on the metaphor of a box which has a top, bottom, and sides.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other." — 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

"The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking." — 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

"Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill." — 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

"Newly promoted, they were top of the First Division and unbeaten when they took on a Manchester United side that had been revitalized by a new manager,[…]." — 1988, Ken Jones with Pat Welton Crown, Soccer skills & tactics, page 9:

"It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range." — 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:

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