inside


Definition: Meaning of, inside in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɪnˈsaɪd /

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  1. container in or into a container or other closed space so as to be completely covered or surrounded
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  2. building/room in or into a building or room
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  3. country/area in a country or area - used when you want to emphasize that something is happening there and not in other places
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  4. organization if someone is inside a group or organization, they are part of it
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  5. head/mind if something happens inside you, or inside your head or mind, it is part of what you think and feel, especially when you do not express it
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  6. body in your body
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  7. time in less than a particular amount of time
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  8. time less than a particular amount of time
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  9. prison informal in prison
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inside insides
  1. the inside the inner part of something, which is surrounded or hidden by the outer part
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  2. inside out with the usual outside parts on the inside
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  3. turn a room/building etc inside out to search a place very thoroughly by moving everything that is in it
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  4. know something inside out British English , know something inside and out American English to know something in great detail
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  5. on the inside someone who is on the inside is a member of a group or an organization
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  6. on the inside British English if a car passes another car on the inside, it passes on the side that is away from the driver
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  7. somebody's inside/insides informal someone's stomach
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  1. in or facing the inner part of something
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  2. inside information/the inside story etc information that is available only to people who are part of a particular group or organization
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  3. the inside lane British English the LANE that is furthest away from the middle of the road
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inside used in phrases

  • Inside Passage (noun)
    1. a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska
  • inside caliper (noun)
    1. the size of a cavity or hole caliper for measuring inside dimensions ; points on its legs curve outward
  • inside clinch (noun)
    1. a clinch with the end of the line inside the loop
  • inside information (noun)
    1. true confidential information
  • inside job (noun)
    1. some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim
  • inside leg (noun)
    1. measurement of a trouser length from the crotch down the inner seam to the bottom
  • inside loop (noun)
    1. a loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight
  • inside out (adverb)
    1. with the inside facing outward
    2. thoroughly; from every perspective
  • inside track (noun)
    1. the part of a circular track for racing that is nearest to the centre of the circle and is therefore shorter
    2. American English a position that gives someone an advantage over the people they are competing against
  • inside-out (adjective)
    1. with the inside surface on the outside
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