side by side

See also: side-by-side

English

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.

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: taobh le taobh, taobh le chéile, le taobh a chéile, le hais a chéile
• Khmer: នែប (km) (nɛɛp), ទន្ទឹម (km) (tʊəntɨm)
• Navajo: ahąąh dah siké

• Russian: бок о́ бок (ru) (bok ó bok), борт о́ борт (bort ó bort) (nautical)
• Serbo-Croatian: bok uz bok, бок уз бок
• Swedish: sida vid sida
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

figuratively, in peace

• Irish: faoi shíth agus faoi shíocháin

figuratively, with a common purpose

• Irish: bonn ar bhonn, bonn ar bhonn le chéile

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: جَنْبًا إِلَى جَنْب‎ (janban ʾilā janb)
• Breton: kichen-ha-kichen (br)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 並排 (zh), 并排 (zh) (bìngpái)

• Dutch: zij aan zij, naast elkaar
• Finnish: rinnakkain, rinnatusten (fi), vierekkäin, vieri vieressä
• French: côte à côte (fr)

  Old French: coste a coste, lez a lez

• German: Seite an Seite
• Icelandic: hlið við hlið
• Japanese: 並んで (ja) (ならんで, narande)
• Korean: 나란히 (ko) (naranhi)
• Manx: cosh ry cholbey
• Polish: obok siebie
• Scots: abreest
• Swedish: sida vid sida