inside

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪnsaɪd/, /ɪnˈsaɪd/, X-SAMPA: /"InsaId/, /In"saId/

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Noun

inside (plural insides)

1. The interior or inner part.
   • Shakespeare

     Looked he o' the inside of the paper?

   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 the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.

   Eating that stuff will damage your insides.

4. (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
   • The Anti-Jacobin

     So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides / The Derby dilly, carrying three insides.

   • Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

     So, what between Mr. Dowler's stories, and Mrs. Dowler's charms, and Mr. Pickwick's good humour, and Mr. Winkle's good listening, the insides contrived to be very companionable all the way.

Translations

interior or inner part

• Arabic: داخل (ar) (dāxil)
• Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ)
• Catalan: interior (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裡面 (cmn), 里面 (cmn) (lǐmiàn), 裡邊 (cmn), 里边 (cmn) (lǐbiān)

• 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)

• Korean: 안 (ko) (an), 내부 (ko) (naebu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: 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
• Serbo-Croatian: nutrìna (sh) f, ùnutrašnjōst (sh) f
• Spanish: interior (es) m
• 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.

Translations

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

• Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ)
• Catalan: dins (ca)
• Esperanto: interne de (eo)
• Estonian: sees (et), -s (et)
• Haitian Creole: nan, andedan
• Hindi: अंदर (hi) (andar)
• Korean: ...안에 (ko) (...an-e)
• Lojban: ne'i (jbo)
• Malayalam: ഉള്ളിൽ (ml) (uLLil), അകത്ത് (ml) (akath)

• Marathi: अन्तर (mr)
• Russian: (where) внутри (ru) (vnutrí), (where to) внутрь (ru) (vnutr')
• Sanskrit: अन्त (sa) (anthaH)
• Spanish: dentro de (es)
• Swedish: i (sv), inuti (sv)
• Urdu: اندر (ur) (andar)
• Walloon: dins (wa)

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.

2. (colloquial) In prison.

   He's inside, doing a stretch for burglary.

Translations

toward the interior

• Arabic: في بطن (ar) (fi baTn), ضمن (ar) (Dimn), داخل (ar) (daakhil)
• Armenian: մեջ (hy) (meǰ), ներս (hy) (ners)
• Catalan: dins (ca)
• Chamicuro: yilijko shana
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裡邊 (cmn), 里边 (cmn) (lǐbian), 裡面 (cmn), 里面 (cmn) (lǐmiàn)

• Czech: uvnitř (cs)
• Dalmatian: drante
• Finnish: sisäpuolella (fi), sisällä (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• 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:

  Sorani: ژووره‌وه‌ (ku) (jurewe), ژوورێ (ku) (juré)

• Latgalian: vydā

• Latvian: iekšā (lv)
• Macedonian: внатре (mk) (vnátre)
• Persian: درون (fa) (darun)
• Polish: wewnątrz (pl), w środku
• Romanian: înăuntru (ro)
• Russian: (where) внутри (ru) (vnutrí), (where to) внутрь (ru) (vnutr')
• Scottish Gaelic: a-staigh (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: ùnūtra (sh)
• Slovene: nóter (sl)
• Spanish: dentro (es)
• Swahili: ndani (sw)
• Swedish: in (sv)
• Telugu: లోపల (te) (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)
• Catalan: dins (ca)
• Czech: uvnitř (cs)
• Dutch: binnen (nl)
• Finnish: sisäpiirin (fi), sisäpuolinen (fi), sisäinen (fi)
• Italian: dentro (it) m
• Korean: 안 (ko) (an), 속 (ko) (sok), 내 (ko) (nae) (內 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ناو (ku)

• Macedonian: внатрешен (mk) (vnátrešen) m
• Malayalam: അകം (ml) (akam)
• Russian: внутренний (ru) (vnútrennij)
• Serbo-Croatian: unutrašnjost (sh), unutra (sh), unutarnji (sh), nutarnji (sh)
• Slovene: notranjost (sl) f
• Swahili: ndani (sw)
• Swedish: insides- (sv)
• Turkish: içerisinde (tr), sınırları içinde (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Georgian: შიგ (ka) (shig), შიგნით (ka) (shignit), შინაგანი (ka) (shinagani)

• Hungarian: bent (hu)

Anagrams

• indies, Indies, in dies

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Latin

Verb

īnsidē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of īnsideō