One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
John wrote 15 sides for his essay!.
One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone
The patient was bleeding on the right side .
If you are on someone's side, you are supporting them in an argument or a war. He has the Democrats on his side Some of the younger people seem to be on the side of reform
A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge
If you take sides or take someone's side in an argument or war, you support one of the sides against the other. We cannot take sides in a civil war
an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain"
The mother's side and the father's side of your family are your mother's relatives and your father's relatives. So was your father's side more well off? see also -sided, siding
The sides of an area or surface are its edges. Park on the side of the road. a small beach on the north side of the peninsula = edge
If you get on the wrong side of someone, you do something to annoy them and make them dislike you. If you stay on the right side of someone, you try to please them and avoid annoying them. I wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of him
Your sides are the parts of your body between your front and your back, from under your arms to your hips. His arms were limp at his sides They had laid him on his side
take the side of; be on the side of; "Whose side are you on?"; "Why are you taking sides with the accused?"
If people work or live side by side, they work or live closely together in a friendly way. areas where different nationalities have lived side by side for centuries