in·side
(ˌ)in-ˈsīd 
ˈin-ˌsīd
ˈin-ˌsīd
1
2
: an inner side or surface
3
a
: a position of power, trust, or familiarity
only someone on the inside could have told
b
: confidential information
has the inside on what happened at the convention
4
: the area nearest a specified or implied point of reference: such as
a
: the side of home plate nearest the batter
b
: the middle portion of a playing area
c
: the area near or underneath the basket in basketball
1
: on the inner side
2
: in or into the interior
stayed inside during the storm
3
: to or on the inside
4
: in prison
1
: of, relating to, or being on or near the inside
an inside pitch
2
a
: relating or known to a select group
inside information
1
a
: in or into or as if in or into the interior of
waited inside the church
b
: on the inner side of
just inside the door
2
: within
inside an hour
Synonyms
Examples of inside in a Sentence
Noun
The inside of the church is quite beautiful.
I've never seen the inside of a computer before.
Adverb
I cleaned my car inside and out.
The candy is chewy inside.
We went inside during the storm.
Step inside and look at our menu.
He got put inside for burglary.
Adjective
the inside edge of her foot
He gave us an inside view of the situation.
I got the inside story from a friend who works there.
Preposition
We waited inside the store.
Several people were trapped inside the burning building.
She kept her hands inside her pockets.
His feelings were building up inside him.
He lives inside the city limits.
Sources inside the company indicate that there are disagreements about the change in management.
Recent Examples on the Web
Tom Roland, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2024
Pictures published by Russian emergency services showed emergency medical workers sawing through the remains of the concert hall, where the seats had been charred down to their metal insides.
—Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
And while the allure comes from its spacious inside, the three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom house comes with quite the famous backstory.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
The medical imaging technique uses powerful magnets to generate highly detailed pictures of your insides, including organs, bones, joints and blood vessels.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
At rest, neurons keep their insides more negatively charged than their outside environment, maintaining a resting membrane voltage of about −70 millivolts.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Most recipes tell you to stir or flip vegetables halfway through cooking, but this could result in only slightly golden outsides and potentially dry insides.
—Ali Slagle, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Today, those boys — ages 5 and 1 — are displaced, hungry and terrified, their insides churning from contaminated water and their faces pocked with shrapnel wounds.
—Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
The residence has a modern feel running through its inside, as well.
—Tj MacIas, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2024
Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
According to court records, Rossman entered the Capitol just minutes after the initial breach on Jan. 6 and remained inside for about an hour and 53 minutes.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
While inside, astronauts will even be able to remove their bulky (and fashionable) getups and move about normally—albeit in about 16.6 percent the gravity as on Earth.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
In a third incident, Cuban police officers also entered the grounds of an embassy in Havana to arrest a man seeking asylum inside.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
The car itself features doors that open and close and a removable roof to place minifigures inside.
—Alida Nugent, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
Those programs allow noncitizens to temporarily, and legally, live inside and work in the United States.
—Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
The idea is that generative AI will enable Samsung products to get a better understanding of how consumers use the products – for example, an oven recognizing what is being cooked in it or a fridge recognizing what ingredients are inside.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Scientists have found that the clocks are involved in pathways that use sugar for energy and in transporting that glucose from outside the cell to inside.
—Will Stone, NPR, 29 Mar. 2024
Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Viewers also get an inside look at their home life with their kids.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
From an inside look at the Coachella Con Artist to a breakdown of Martha Stewart’s hustling ways, the show takes on scammy influencers across industries like social media, fashion, finance, health, and wellness.
—Eda Yu, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
An inside look at the birth and power of ferocious storms
But lately, things over the Atlantic Ocean have been anything but typical.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
One area of focus for the investigation is whether the group had inside knowledge of the facility, said the source, who added that the heist was discovered on Monday.
—Melissa Alonso, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Of course, the singular nature of real estate means there is no clearly observable inside market.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Take Josey Jewell at inside linebacker, who played for Evero in Denver.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024
The interactions give an inside look at how the previous investigation into Olea was handled by the department.
—Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
Contestants fought on a blue canvas devoid of sponsorships, a stark contrast to the Monster Energy, Modelo and DraftKings logos now emblazoned inside U.F.C. octagons.
—Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
On the docket for next week: Bass will deliver her State of the City address Monday inside the City Council chamber.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
No one who has stepped inside the store in recent years would find that surprising.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
Now 70 years old, Brito López recounted the horrors of that day to High Risk Court A in Guatemala City this week, saying the soldiers murdered his family during the early morning raid on January 20, 1982, burning their bodies inside their wooden home.
—Tara John, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Joyride Bookshop also has a location inside The New Children’s Museum, but just the Liberty Station location and the shop’s mobile book truck will be participating in the crawl.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
Fans can purchase his book at Label K, the Kings’ team store inside the arena, and then take part in a meet-and-greet with Webber in Section 111 before the game.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 13 Apr. 2024
Mollison references SaGa Launder Bar and Cafe, a former Chicago laundromat with a bar inside and reminisces about attending small raves inside laundromats in the ‘90s in London.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Noun
The wooden pews in the Ryman are much less amenable to concert-goers’ backsides than the old-time preacher man’s words were for the congregation’s insides.
—Tom Roland, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2024
Pictures published by Russian emergency services showed emergency medical workers sawing through the remains of the concert hall, where the seats had been charred down to their metal insides.
—Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
And while the allure comes from its spacious inside, the three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom house comes with quite the famous backstory.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
The medical imaging technique uses powerful magnets to generate highly detailed pictures of your insides, including organs, bones, joints and blood vessels.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
At rest, neurons keep their insides more negatively charged than their outside environment, maintaining a resting membrane voltage of about −70 millivolts.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Most recipes tell you to stir or flip vegetables halfway through cooking, but this could result in only slightly golden outsides and potentially dry insides.
—Ali Slagle, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Today, those boys — ages 5 and 1 — are displaced, hungry and terrified, their insides churning from contaminated water and their faces pocked with shrapnel wounds.
—Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
The residence has a modern feel running through its inside, as well.
—Tj MacIas, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2024
Adverb
The grandeur continues inside, where wood finishes pop against white walls.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
According to court records, Rossman entered the Capitol just minutes after the initial breach on Jan. 6 and remained inside for about an hour and 53 minutes.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
While inside, astronauts will even be able to remove their bulky (and fashionable) getups and move about normally—albeit in about 16.6 percent the gravity as on Earth.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
In a third incident, Cuban police officers also entered the grounds of an embassy in Havana to arrest a man seeking asylum inside.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
The car itself features doors that open and close and a removable roof to place minifigures inside.
—Alida Nugent, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
Those programs allow noncitizens to temporarily, and legally, live inside and work in the United States.
—Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
The idea is that generative AI will enable Samsung products to get a better understanding of how consumers use the products – for example, an oven recognizing what is being cooked in it or a fridge recognizing what ingredients are inside.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Scientists have found that the clocks are involved in pathways that use sugar for energy and in transporting that glucose from outside the cell to inside.
—Will Stone, NPR, 29 Mar. 2024
Adjective
Follow more of our reporting on An inside look at Kansas City
Local
Iconic KCK drive-in theater opens for 74th season.
—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Viewers also get an inside look at their home life with their kids.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
From an inside look at the Coachella Con Artist to a breakdown of Martha Stewart’s hustling ways, the show takes on scammy influencers across industries like social media, fashion, finance, health, and wellness.
—Eda Yu, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
An inside look at the birth and power of ferocious storms
But lately, things over the Atlantic Ocean have been anything but typical.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
One area of focus for the investigation is whether the group had inside knowledge of the facility, said the source, who added that the heist was discovered on Monday.
—Melissa Alonso, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Of course, the singular nature of real estate means there is no clearly observable inside market.
—John Walkup, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Take Josey Jewell at inside linebacker, who played for Evero in Denver.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024
The interactions give an inside look at how the previous investigation into Olea was handled by the department.
—Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
Preposition
The cafe will sit inside an 8,000-square-foot metal building retail retail space with four other tenants.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
Contestants fought on a blue canvas devoid of sponsorships, a stark contrast to the Monster Energy, Modelo and DraftKings logos now emblazoned inside U.F.C. octagons.
—Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
On the docket for next week: Bass will deliver her State of the City address Monday inside the City Council chamber.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
No one who has stepped inside the store in recent years would find that surprising.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024
Now 70 years old, Brito López recounted the horrors of that day to High Risk Court A in Guatemala City this week, saying the soldiers murdered his family during the early morning raid on January 20, 1982, burning their bodies inside their wooden home.
—Tara John, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Joyride Bookshop also has a location inside The New Children’s Museum, but just the Liberty Station location and the shop’s mobile book truck will be participating in the crawl.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
Fans can purchase his book at Label K, the Kings’ team store inside the arena, and then take part in a meet-and-greet with Webber in Section 111 before the game.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 13 Apr. 2024
Mollison references SaGa Launder Bar and Cafe, a former Chicago laundromat with a bar inside and reminisces about attending small raves inside laundromats in the ‘90s in London.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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inside
1 of 4 noun
in·side
(ˈ)in-ˈsīd
ˈin-ˌsīd
ˈin-ˌsīd
1
: an inner side or surface
2
a
: an interior or internal part
b
: inward nature, thoughts, or feeling
c
: entrails
—usually used in plural
inside
2 of 4 adjective1
: of, relating to, or being on or near the inside
an inside wall
2
: relating or known to a special group of people
inside information
inside
3 of 4 preposition1
a
: in or into the interior of
they are inside the house
b
: on the inner side of
put the dot inside the curve
2
: before the end of : within
inside an hour
inside
4 of 4 adverb1
: on the inside
the car is clean inside
2
: in or into the interior
went inside
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