upside

CEFRB1

/ˈʌpˌsaɪd/

noun · preposition

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01
noun
The positive or beneficial part of a situation.
02
noun
Extra detail
A favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect.

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At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

Take care not to turn the box upside down.
The only upside of being over 35 is that you don't get raped as much.
They said we’d be free of all that tedious European red tape and would take back control of our borders, encouraging anyone agitated by immigration to believe that fewer people would come in. There would be no downside, only upsides.

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The word in print, with each source given in full.

The only upside of being over 35 is that you don't get raped as much.
2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (motion picture), Julie Delpy (actor)
They said we’d be free of all that tedious European red tape and would take back control of our borders, encouraging anyone agitated by immigration to believe that fewer people would come in. There would be no downside, only upsides.
2023 June 23, Jonathan Freedland, “With even leavers regretting Brexit, there’s one path back to rejoining the EU”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Ruth Ann clenched her hand around the hairbrush and felt like smacking Ashley upside the head with it. She knew better than to talk that way.
2002, Pamela Duncan, Moon Women

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