INSIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inside mean? 

• INSIDE (noun)
  The noun INSIDE has 2 senses:

1. the region that is inside of something

2. the inner or enclosed surface of something

  Familiarity information: INSIDE used as a noun is rare.

• INSIDE (adjective)
  The adjective INSIDE has 4 senses:

1. relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space

2. being or applying to the inside of a building

3. confined to an exclusive group

4. away from the outer edge

  Familiarity information: INSIDE used as an adjective is uncommon.

• INSIDE (adverb)
  The adverb INSIDE has 4 senses:

1. within a building

2. on the inside

3. with respect to private feelings

4. in reality

  Familiarity information: INSIDE used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The region that is inside of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

inside; interior

Hypernyms ("inside" is a kind of...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inside"):

midland (the interior part of a country)

midst; thick (the location of something surrounded by other things)

penetralium (the innermost parts)

Antonym:

outside (the region that is outside of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The inner or enclosed surface of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

inside; interior

Hypernyms ("inside" is a kind of...):

surface (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inside"):

belly (the hollow inside of something)

Antonym:

outside (the outer side or surface of something)

• INSIDE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space

Context example:

an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter

Similar:

wrong (used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward)

Also:

internal (happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface)

Antonym:

outside (relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Being or applying to the inside of a building

Context example:

an inside wall

Similar:

interior (situated within or suitable for inside a building)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Confined to an exclusive group

Synonyms:

inner; inside; privileged

Context example:

privileged information

Similar:

exclusive (excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Away from the outer edge

Context example:

the inside lane

Similar:

inner (located or occurring within or closer to a center)

• INSIDE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Within a building

Synonyms:

indoors; inside

Context example:

in winter we play inside

Antonym:

outside (outside a building)

Sense 2

Meaning:

On the inside

Synonyms:

inside; within

Context example:

inside, the car is a mess

Antonym:

outside (on the outside)

Sense 3

Meaning:

With respect to private feelings

Synonyms:

inside; inwardly

Context example:

inwardly, she was raging

Sense 4

Meaning:

In reality

Synonyms:

at bottom; at heart; deep down; in spite of appearance; inside

Context example:

she is very kind at heart

 Context examples 

It was pitch dark inside the house, and the colonel fumbled about looking for matches and muttering under his breath.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The door was locked on the inside, and no answer could be got to their cries and knocking.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Snow-white and Rose-red kept their mother’s little cottage so neat that it was a pleasure to look inside it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

A thin tube-like instrument used to examine the inside of the nose.

(Nasoscope, NCI Dictionary)

It can happen inside or outside the body.

(Bleeding, NIH)

Tests that produce pictures of areas inside the body.

(Medical Imaging, NCI Dictionary)

Bone marrow, the spongy material inside your bones, makes new blood cells.

(Blood, NIH)

Cancer that forms in tissues of the paranasal sinuses (small hollow spaces in the bones around the nose) or nasal cavity (the inside of the nose).

(Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

Doctors diagnose nasal cancer with imaging tests, lighted tube-like instruments that look inside the nose, and biopsies.

(Nasal Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Examination of the inside of the nose using a nasoscope (or rhinoscope).

(Nasoscopy, NCI Dictionary)