side by side
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
adj
adv
Beside or alongside one another; close to one another and abreast.
adv
adv
With a common purpose.
Example Sentences
- "The new houses were built side by side, facing the lake."
- "The structure was examined and passed by the Board of Trade in February, 1890, after it had been tested with two trains of 50 loaded wagons, each hauled by two engines, and pushed by a third. The trains ran side by side, and their combined weight, including the six engines, was 1,800 tons. The deflections of the girders were precisely in accordance with the calculations of the engineers."
- "Two lamps mounted side by side about two feet apart will flash alternately and when this happens traffic must stop; disobedience of these signs becomes an offence."
- "The soldiers of XX and YY were fighting side by side against a common enemy."