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Definition: Side By Side |
Side By SideAdjective1. Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side". 2. Closely related or associated; "a city in which communism and democracy had to live side by side". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Side By SideSynonyms: adjacent (adj), next (adj), side by side(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: side-to-side (transportation). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accompaniment | Adverb: with, withal; together with, along with, in company with; hand in hand, side by side; cheek by jowl, cheek by jole; arm in arm; therewith, herewith; and; (addition). |
Comparison | Verb: compare to, compare with; collate, confront; place side by side, juxtapose; (near); set against one another, pit against one another; contrast, balance. |
Laterality | Adverb: sideways, sidelong; broadside on; on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside; by the side of; side by side; cheek by jowl; (near); to windward, to leeward; laterally; Adjective: right and left; on her beam ends. |
Nearness | Within hearing, within earshot; within an ace of; but a step, not far from, at no great distance; on the verge of, on the brink of, on the skirts of; in the environs; Noun: at one's door, at one's feet, at one's elbow, at one's finger's end, at one's side; on the tip of one's tongue; under one's nose; within a stone's throw; Noun: in sight of, in presence of; at close quarters; cheek by jole, cheek by jowl; beside, alongside, side by side, tete-a-tete; in juxtaposition; (touching); yardarm to yardarm, at the heels of; on the confines of, at the threshold, bordering upon, verging to; in the way. |
Ring near, draw near; converge; crowd; place side by side; adVerb: | |
Party | Adverb: hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse,in the same boat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Henceforth, we must be strangers living side by side but my heart will be ever faithful to thee (Anne of Green Gables; writing credit: Lucy Maud Montgomery; Kevin Sullivan) | |
Lyrics | Side by side we wait the might of the darkest of them all. (The battle of evermore; performing artist: Led Zeppelin) Walkin' side by side (The weight; performing artist: Shannon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Side by Side (1992) Max Bygraves Side by Side (1982) | |
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![]() | Spanning the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula and most of Florida Bay, Everglades National Park is the only subtropical preserve in North America. It is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles exist side by side. Credit: NASA. | Ironwood Forest National Monument with two Saguaro Cacti standing side by side. The backgound is the Ragged Top Mountain, described as the biological and geological crown jewel of the Silver Bell Mountains. Credit: Chris Tincher. | |
![]() | Photographed at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, circa February 1954, with USS Yorktown (CVA-10) at right and eleven LCM landing craft in the foreground. Grumman AF "Guardian" anti-submarine aircraft are parked on Sicily's flight deck. Douglas AD "Skyraider" attack planes are parked aft on Yorktown's flight deck. The original caption, released by Commander Naval Forces Far East on 18 February 1954, reads: "Twins, Almost -- The Essex-class carrier USS Yorktown (CVA-10) and her smaller counterpart, the escort carrier USS Sicily (CVE-118), rest side by side during a recent in-port maintenance period at the Yokosuka, Japan, Naval Base". Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Through the glasses could be seen the shipwrecked couple standing side by side on the strand. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Two Eskimo girls standing side by side. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Three Eskimo children seated side by side. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Production. Parachute making. First-generation Americans whose parents represent Italy, Greece, and England, these three girls work side by side at the punching machine in an Eastern parachute factory. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Eleven year old boy and his grandmother, migratory, pick hops side by side. Oregon, Polk County, near Independence. See general caption number 45. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Side by side - Britannia! Britain's Day Dec. 7th 1918 / James Montgomery Flagg 1918 ; American Lithographic Co. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Men standing side by side with rifles in front of a building, one man is raising a rifle toward man in front of crowd. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Logan Pearsall Smith | Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each other's fur. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In those countries which are but little developed, industrially and commercially, these two classes still vegetate side by side with the rising bourgeoisie. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Close by the rights of Man, side by side with them, at least, are the rights of the Soul |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Lined up side by side. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | As allies in NATO, the United States and Germany work side by side to maintain peace and freedom. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | China | In certain regions, government supervision of religious activity was minimal, and registered and unregistered churches were treated similarly by authorities, existing openly side by side. (references) |
Economic History | Maldives | Unique to Maldives, modern and traditional schools exist side by side. (references) |
Denmark | Danish and U.S. troops serve side by side in Bosnia in an effort to bring peace to the region. (references) | |
Minorities | Ethiopia | In Addis Ababa, persons of different faiths often live side by side. (references) |
Trade | Luxembourg | In addition, national requirements exist side by side with EU-wide requirements. (references) |
Worker Rights | Zimbabwe | The Labor Relations Amendment Act (LRAA) specifies that workers may establish independent worker committees, which exist side by side with unions in each plant. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Surely they can work and eat and travel side by side in their own country. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | In the Dominican Republic, Hillary helped to rededicate a hospital that had been rebuilt by Dominicans and Americans, working side by side. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | America stands committed to an independent and democratic Palestine, living side by side with Israel in peace and security. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "side by side": hold side by side ♦ place side by side. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
side by side refrigerator | 142 |
side by side | 134 |
side by side shotgun | 67 |
side by side by sondheim | 14 |
whirlpool side by side refrigerator | 10 |
side by side fridge | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "side by side"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | krahpërkrah (cheek by jowl). (various references) | |
Arabic | جنبا الى جنب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | задружно, един до друг (abreast, alongside, cheek by jowl, together). (various references) | |
Chinese | 並肩 (abreast, alongside, shoulder to shoulder), 並' (abreast). (various references) | |
Czech | bok po boku (abreast, shoulder to shoulder). (various references) | |
Finnish | sivutusten, vieretysten, vierekkäin (next to each other), rinnakkain (abreast). (various references) | |
French | côté côté, bord bord. (various references) | |
German | nebeneinander (abreast, at the same time, juxtaposition, neck and neck, simultaneously). (various references) | |
Greek | πλάι πλάι (shoulder to shoulder). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ז" לי" ז", ז" בצ" ז" (abreast), צ" בצ". (various references) | |
Hungarian | egymás mellett (abreast, next to each other). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gandeng (arm in arm, coupled), berjajaran (in a rows), berdekat-dekatan, berdamping (contiguous). (various references) | |
Italian | fianco a fianco (abreast). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 平行 (abreast, at the same time, concurrent, occurring together, parallel, parallelism), 並行 (abreast, at the same time, concurrent, occurring together, parallel, parallelism). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | へい"う (abreast, at the same time, balance, closing a school, concurrent, equalization, equilibrium, even scale, occurring together, offering, parallel, parallelism, shut mouth, tribute). (various references) | |
Manx | lhiattee ry lhiattee, dy lieragh (order), cosh ry cholbey (cheek by jowl), cheu ry heu (adjacent, apposition, broadside on). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | idesay ybay idesay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lado a lado (abreast). (various references) | |
Romanian | unul lângã altul, alãturat (adjacent, adjoining, annexed, enclosed, herewith). (various references) | |
Russian | рядом (adjacently, alongside, at one's elbow, cheek by jowl, interproximally, near by, nearby, next door, nigh, round the corner, side-by-side), бок о бок (alongside, cheek by jowl). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uporedo (comparatively, parallel, time: at the same time), ruku pod ruku (arm in arm). (various references) | |
Spanish | juntos (all together, altogether, together). (various references) | |
Swedish | utmed varandra, jämsides med. (various references) | |
Turkish | yan yana (abreast, adjoining, alongside, at close quarters, cheek by jowl). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | поруч (abreast, adjacently, against, alongside, anear, by, close, hard by, nigh, unto), пліч-о-пліч (alongside, shoulder to shoulder). (various references) | |
Welsh | cyfystlys. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-d-e-e-i-i-s-s-y" | |
-2 letters: bedsides. | |
-3 letters: bedside, besides, biddies. | |
-4 letters: beside, debyes, didies, dieses, diesis, dissed, eddies, ibises, seised, yessed. | |
-5 letters: biddy, bided, bides, bises, byssi, debye, deeds, deedy, didie, issei, seeds, seedy, seise, sided, sides, yeses. | |
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