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SIDE BY SIDE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does side by side mean?

• SIDE BY SIDE (adjective)
The adjective SIDE BY SIDE has 2 senses:

1. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
2. closely related or associated

Familiarity information: SIDE BY SIDE used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SIDE BY SIDE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

Synonyms:

adjacent; next; side by side

Context examples:

had adjacent rooms / in the next room / the person sitting next to me / our rooms were side by side

Similar:

close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Closely related or associated

Context example:

a city in which communism and democracy had to live side by side

Similar:

related; related to (being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics)

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