Side vs Around - What's the difference?
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A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
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A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
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One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.
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, title= A region in a specified position with respect to something.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
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One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
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One set of competitors in a game.
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A sports team.
*{{quote-book, year=1988, author=Ken Jones, coauthor=Crown, Pat Welton, title=Soccer skills & tactics, page=9
, passage=Newly promoted, they were top of the First Division and unbeaten when they took on a Manchester United side that had been revitalized by a new manager,
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Jon Smith, work=BBC Sport
, title= *2011 , Nick Cain, Greg Growden, Rugby Union For Dummies , UK Edition, 3rd Edition,
*:Initially, the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish unions refused to send national sides', preferring instead to send touring ' sides like the Barbarians, the Penguins, the Co-Optimists, the Wolfhounds, Crawshays Welsh, and the Public School Wanderers.
A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
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* Landor
*:We have not always been of thesame side in politics.
* Alexander Pope
*:sets the passions on the side of truth
Sidespin; english
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A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (lb).
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A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
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A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
* Milton
*:To sit upon thy father David's throne, / By mother's side thy father.
To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
* 1597 , Francis Bacon, Essays – "Of Great Place":
* Alexander Pope
* 1958 , Archer Fullingim, The Kountze [Texas] News, August 28, 1958 :
To lean on one side.
(obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
(shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
To furnish with a siding.
Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
* Dryden
Indirect; oblique; incidental.
* Hooker
Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
* Laneham
(Scotland) Far; distant.
Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
, title= Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
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, passage=But Richmond
Near; in the vicinity of.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
, volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= At various places in.
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, title= Alive; existing.
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, title= Generally.
From place to place.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-11, volume=407, issue=8835, page=80, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction.
As a proper noun side
is an ancient city on a small peninsula on the mediterranean coast of anatolia, settled by greeks from cyme.As a preposition around is
defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.As an adjective around is
alive; existing.As an adverb around is
generally.side
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) side, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side , and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
Valencia 1-1 Chelsea, passage=It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.}}
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Synonyms
* (bounding straight edge of an object) edge * (flat surface of an object) face * (left or right half) half * (surface of a sheet of paper) page * (region in a specified position with respect to something) * (one possible aspect of a concept) * (set of opponents in a game) team * (group having a particular allegiance in a war) * (television channel) channel, station (US)Derived terms
* * aside * countryside * driverside * five-a-side * guide on the side * hillside * inside * mountainside * offside * other side * outside * quayside * riverside * roadside * seaside * sideband * sideboard * sideburn, sideburns * side by side * sidecar * side dish * side effect * side issue * sidekick * sidelight * sideline * sidelong * side on * side-saddle, sidesaddle * side scroller * side-splitting * side street * sideswipe * sidetrack * sidewalk * sidewall * sideways * sidewinder * split one's sides * take sides * topside * underside * upsideVerb
(sid)- Which will you side with , good or evil?
- All rising to great place is by a winding star; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's self, whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
- All side in parties, and begin the attack.
- How does it feel... to... side in with those who voted against you in 1947?
- (Francis Bacon)
- His blind eye that sided Paridell.
- (Clarendon)
- to side a house
Synonyms
* (ally oneself) * take sideDerived terms
* side with * sidingSee also
* ally * alliance * join inStatistics
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) side, syde, syd, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.
- a side''' issue; a '''side view or remark
- The law hath no side respect to their persons.
- His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg.
- (Shakespeare)
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 3
From (etyl) side, syde, from (etyl) . See above.Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----around
English
(translation tables should match senses)Alternative forms
* arownd (obsolete)Preposition
(English prepositions)Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.}}
Derived terms
* all around * aroundness * around the clock * around the bend * around the corner * around the world * bat around * beat around the bush * get around * go around * hang around * have been around * ring-around-the-rosy * round * run around/run-around/runaround * turn around/turnaround * wrap around/wraparoundAdjective
(-)Lee S. Langston
The Adaptable Gas Turbine, passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}
Derived terms
* be aroundAdverb
(-)The climate of Tibet: Pole-land, passage=Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around , it changes everything.}}
- (see bring around, come around)
- (see bring around, come around)