side by side

See also: side-by-side

English

Noun

side by side (plural side by sides)

1. Alternative spelling of side-by-side

Adjective

side by side (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of side-by-side

Adverb

side by side (not comparable)

1. (literally) Beside or alongside one another; close to one another and abreast.

   The new houses were built side by side, facing the lake.

   • 1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 148:

     The structure was examined and passed by the Board of Trade in February, 1890, after it had been tested with two trains of 50 loaded wagons, each hauled by two engines, and pushed by a third. The trains ran side by side, and their combined weight, including the six engines, was 1,800 tons. The deflections of the girders were precisely in accordance with the calculations of the engineers.

   • 1960 September, “Talking of Trains: New level-crossing signs”, in Trains Illustrated, page 519:

     Two lamps mounted side by side about two feet apart will flash alternately and when this happens traffic must stop; disobedience of these signs becomes an offence.

2. (figuratively) In peace. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (figuratively) With a common purpose.

   The soldiers of XX and YY were fighting side by side against a common enemy.

Synonyms

• (literally): cheek by jowl, board to board (nautical)

Translations

literally

• Arabic: جَنْبًا إِلَى جَنْب (janban ʔilā janb)
• Azerbaijani: böyür-böyürə, yan-yana, yanbayan
• Belarusian: бок у бок (bok u bok)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 並排／并排 (zh) (bìngpái), 並肩／并肩 (zh) (bìngjiān), 肩並肩地／肩并肩地 (zh) (jiān bìng jiān de)

• Czech: bok po boku
• Esperanto: flankalflanke
• Finnish: rinnakkain (fi), rinnatusten (fi), vierekkäin (fi); vieri vieressä, ritirinnan (very close)
• French: côte à côte (fr)
• Galician: a carón (gl)
• German: Seite an Seite, Schulter an Schulter (de)
• Irish: taobh le taobh, taobh le chéile, le taobh a chéile, le hais a chéile
• Japanese: 並んで (ja) (ならんで, narande)
• Khmer: នែប (km) (nɛɛp), ទន្ទឹម (km) (tŭəntɨm)
• Korean: 나란히 (ko) (naranhi)
• Maori: karapipiti
• Navajo: ahąąh dah siké
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: side om side, side ved side

  Nynorsk: side om side, side ved side

• Polish: obok siebie
• Portuguese: lado a lado
• Romanian: cot la cot, unul lângă altul
• Russian: бок о́ бок (ru) (bok ó bok), борт о́ борт (bort ó bort) (nautical)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бок уз бок

  Roman: bok uz bok

• Swedish: sida vid sida (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: пліч-о́-пліч (plič-ó-plič), бік у бік (bik u bik)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

figuratively, in peace

• Finnish: rauhassa (fi)
• Irish: faoi shíth agus faoi shíocháin

figuratively, with a common purpose

• Catalan: braç a braç
• Finnish: rinnalla (fi)
• German: Seite an Seite, Schulter an Schulter (de)
• Irish: bonn ar bhonn, bonn ar bhonn le chéile
• Portuguese: lado a lado
• Romanian: cot la cot, umăr la umăr
• Spanish: codo con codo, codo a codo
• Ukrainian: пліч-о́-пліч (plič-ó-plič)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} kichen-ha-kichen (br)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zij aan zij, ^{(please verify)} naast elkaar

  Old French: ^{(please verify)} coste a coste, ^{(please verify)} lez a lez

• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} hlið við hlið
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} cosh ry cholbey
• Scots: ^{(please verify)} abreest
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} sida vid sida (sv)