inside

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌɪnˈsaɪd/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌɪnˈsaɪd, ˈɪnˌsaɪd/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(prep. in′sīd′, in′sīd′; adv. in′sīd′; n. in′sīd′; adj. in′sīd′, in′-, in′sīd′)


Collocations for "inside"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "inside" in context.

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inside

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. from the inside out
  2. is [kind, generous] on the inside
  3. [smooth, rough, coated, lined] on the inside
  4. on the inside of your [mouth, arm]
  5. the [door, house] is locked from the inside
  6. [passed, overtook] him on the inside
  7. [wipe, clean] the inside of the car
  8. my insides are turning
  9. makes my insides turn
  10. the inside of the [house, building, container]
  11. [overtook, got past] on the inside
n as adj
  1. inside information
  2. use your inside voice
prep
  1. is inside the [house, car, bathroom]
  2. get inside the [house]
  3. contained inside this [book, issue]
  4. inside the [boundaries, borders] (of)
  5. is getting inside my head
  6. don't let her get inside your head
  7. don't know what is going on inside your head
  8. [arrived, finished, won] inside an hour
adj
  1. got the inside scoop [on, from, about]
  2. got the inside story [on]
  3. the [theft, robbery, crime] was an inside job
  4. [fired, banned] for giving inside information
  5. an inside seat on the [train, plane]
  6. [passed, drove, overtook] on the inside lane
adv
  1. went (back) inside
  2. inside, he's quite [shy, kind, loving]
  3. keeps it all inside
additional examples
  1. from the inside out
  2. inside information
  3. is inside the [house, car, bathroom]
  4. is [kind, generous] on the inside
  5. use your inside voice
  6. get inside the [house]
  7. [smooth, rough, coated, lined] on the inside
  8. contained inside this [book, issue]
  9. on the inside of your [mouth, arm]
  10. went (back) inside
  11. the [door, house] is locked from the inside
  12. got the inside scoop [on, from, about]
  13. [passed, overtook] him on the inside
  14. got the inside story [on]
  15. [wipe, clean] the inside of the car
  16. my [shirt, sock] is inside out
  17. my insides are turning
  18. turned [everything, our world] inside out
  19. makes my insides turn
  20. inside the [boundaries, borders] (of)
  21. the inside of the [house, building, container]
  22. is getting inside my head
  23. [overtook, got past] on the inside
  24. don't let her get inside your head
  25. don't know what is going on inside your head
  26. the [theft, robbery, crime] was an inside job
  27. [fired, banned] for giving inside information
  28. an inside seat on the [train, plane]
  29. inside, he's quite [shy, kind, loving]
  30. keeps it all inside
  31. [passed, drove, overtook] on the inside lane
  32. [arrived, finished, won] inside an hour
'inside' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
apricot - backpack - bark - bomb - border - both - bottle - box - brain - bubble - building - cage - cape - chamber - chilly - coat - cock - color - compound - crack - deep - demon - displacement - doorway - echo - enclosure - fever - field - find - firmly - flourish - four - fuzzy - glove - go - gum - hide - hole - hollow - jelly - joke - label - lane - leakage - look - loud - measure - mussel - noise - nostril

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