inside

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Noun

inside (plural insides)

1. The interior or inner part.

   The inside of the building has been extensively restored.

2. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.

   The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.

3. (colloquial) (in plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.

   Eating that stuff will damage your insides.

Translations

interior or inner part

Arabic: داخل (ar) (daakhil) Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ) Chinese: Mandarin: 裡面 (zh), 里面 (zh) (lǐmiàn) Croatian: nutrìna (hr) f., ùnutrašnjōst (hr) f. Czech: vnitřek (cs) m. Dutch: binnenkant (nl) m. French: intérieur (fr) m. German: Innenseite (de) f., Inneres (de) n.

Japanese: 内部 (ja) (ないぶ, naibu) Kurdish: ژووره‌وه‌ (ku) (jurewe), ژوورێ (ku) (juré) Macedonian: внатрешност (mk) (vnátrešnost) f. Persian: داخل (fa) (dâxel) Russian: внутренность (ru) (vnútrennost') f., внутренняя часть (ru) (vnútrennjaja čast’) f. Swahili: ndani (sw) Swedish: insida (sv) c.

Preposition

inside

1. Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.

   He placed the letter inside the envelope.

2. (colloquial) In prison.

   He's inside, doing a stretch for burglary.

Translations

within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference

Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ) Esperanto: interne de (eo) Haitian Creole: nan, andedan Hindi: अंदर (hi) (andar)

Russian: (where) внутри (ru) (vnutrí), (where to) внутрь (ru) (vnutr') Spanish: dentro de (es) Swedish: i (sv), inuti (sv) Urdu: اندر (ur) (andar)

Adverb

inside (comparative more inside, superlative most inside)

1. Within or towards the interior of something, especially a building.

   It started raining, so I went inside.

Translations

toward the interior

Arabic: في بطن (ar) (fi baTn), ضمن (ar) (Dimn), داخل (ar) (daakhil) Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ), ներս (hy) (ners) Chamicuro: yilijko shana Chinese: Mandarin: 裡邊 (cmn), 里边 (cmn) (lǐbian), 裡面 (cmn), 里面 (cmn) (lǐmiàn) Croatian: ùnūtra (hr) Czech: uvnitř (cs) Finnish: sisäpuolella (fi), sisällä (fi) German: nach innen, herein, drinnen, innerhalb, im innern, im inneren, innerhalb Hindi: अंदर (hi) (andar) Japanese: 中に (ja) (なかに, naka-ni) Kurdish: ژووره‌وه‌ (ku) (jurewe), ژوورێ (ku) (juré) Latgalian: vydā

Latvian: iekšā (lv) Macedonian: внатре (mk) (vnátre) Persian: درون (fa) (darun) Polish: wewnątrz, w środku Romanian: înăuntru (ro) Russian: (where) внутри (ru) (vnutrí), (where to) внутрь (ru) (vnutr') Scottish Gaelic: a-staigh (gd) Spanish: dentro (es) Swahili: ndani (sw) Swedish: in (sv) Telugu: లోపల (lOpala) Turkish: içinde (tr) Urdu: اندر (ur) (andar) Welsh: i mewn (cy)

towards

Czech: dovnitř (cs) Finnish: sisään (fi) Lojban: mo'ine'i (jbo)

Spanish: adentro (es) Turkish: -e doğru (tr)

Adjective

inside (comparative more inside, superlative most inside)

1. Originating from or arranged by someone inside an organisation.

   The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.

   The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.

2. (baseball) A pitch that is toward the batter as it crosses home plate.

   The first pitch is ... just a bit inside.

3. Nearer to the interior of a running track, horse racing course etc.

   Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.

Synonyms

• indoors

Antonyms

• outside

Related terms

• insider

Translations

within

Armenian: ներքին (hy) (nerk’in) Croatian: ùnutārnjī (hr), nȕtarnjī (hr) Czech: uvnitř (cs) Dutch: binnen (nl) Finnish: sisäpiirin (fi), sisäpuolinen, sisäinen Italian: dentro (it) m. Korean: 안 (an), 속 (sok), 내 (內, nae) Kurdish: ناو (ku)

Macedonian: внатрешен (mk) (vnátrešen) m. Malayalam: അകം (akam) Russian: внутренний (ru) (vnútrennij) Serbian: unutrašnjost (sr), unutra (sr) Slovene: notranjost f. Swahili: ndani (sw) Swedish: insides- (sv) Turkish: içerisinde (tr), sınırları içinde (tr)

Anagrams

• indies, Indies, in dies

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Latin

Verb

īnsidē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of īnsideō