side by side meaning

UK /saɪd baɪ saɪd/ US /saɪd baɪ saɪd/ 3 syllables

side by side (adjective): nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space.

side by side has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

side by side as an adjective

  1. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
    • had adjacent rooms
    • in the next room
    • the person sitting next to me
    • our rooms were side by side

    Synonyms: adjacent, next

    Similar: close

  2. closely related or associated
    • a city in which communism and democracy had to live side by side

    Similar: related

How to pronounce side by side

side by side is pronounced /saɪd baɪ saɪd/ in British English and /saɪd baɪ saɪd/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.

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