side-by-side
See also: side by side
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- side by side
- SxS (abbreviation)
Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]side-by-side (not comparable)
- Adjacent; juxtaposed.
- Antonyms: end-to-end; tandem, in tandem
- Hyponyms: abreast; neck-and-neck
- 1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
- The cylinder banks are at 60 deg. with the cylinders staggered to allow for side-by-side connecting rods on each crank.
- 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
- A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
Usage notes
[edit]- This hyphenated spelling is usually used before a noun it modifies, whereas the unhyphenated spelling is used after a noun it modifies.
Translations
[edit]adjacent
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Noun
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side-by-side (plural side-by-sides)
- A type of multipurpose off-highway utility vehicle, with four wheels, resembling a golf cart.
- Ellipsis of side-by-side shotgun.
- Hypernyms: double-barreled shotgun < shotgun < firearm < weapon
- Coordinate term: over-and-under
- Ellipsis of side-by-side rifle.
- Hypernyms: double rifle < rifle < firearm < weapon
- Ellipsis of side-by-side smoothbore (“a side-by-side musket (unrifled) longarm”).
- Hypernyms: smoothbore < firearm < weapon