Definition of "inside" in Anglais

noun

1. The interior or inner part.

   • The inside of the building has been extensively restored.

2. The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.

   • On a motorway, you should never pass another vehicle on the inside.

3. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.

   • The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.

4. (colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.

   • Eating that stuff will damage your insides.

5. (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.

6. (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.

adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.

   • The inside surface of the cup is unpainted.

2. Nearer to the interior or centre of something.

   • Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.
   • All the window seats were occupied, so she took an inside seat.

3. Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.

   • The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.
   • The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.
   • They wanted to know the inside story behind the celebrity's fall from grace.

4. (of a person) Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.

5. (baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.

   • The first pitch is ... just a bit inside.

6. At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.

   • the inside lane of the motorway

adverb

1. Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.

   • It started raining, so I went inside.
   • The secretive residents of the massive city-ship tended to stay inside.