inside

«inside» in Mova's school dictionary: in something, within its walls or edges: inside the box — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

preposition (inside the box); adverb (go inside); noun (the inside, insides); adjective (an inside pocket)

meaning for a pupil

1) Inside means in something, within its walls or edges: inside the box. tree →

2) As an adverb, inside means in or into a building: Let's go inside. tree →

3) The inside of something is its inner part or surface. tree →

4) Inside can mean in your mind or feelings: Inside, she felt nervous. tree →

5) Inside out means with the inner side turned to the outside. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, things in a container or group (counted), or the space within a shape (area); points inside or outside a shape. In science, inside the body, inside a seed, inside the Earth. In everyday life and safety: play inside when it storms, stay inside during a fire alarm only if told to. In stories: what is inside the mysterious box? Phrases: «inside out», «go inside», «inside and out», «on the inside».

examples

• There are 6 eggs inside each box. tree →
• How many sweets are inside the jar? tree →
• Find the area inside the square. tree →
• 4 children play inside. tree →
• It's raining, so we'll stay inside. tree →
• Your jumper is on inside out! tree →
• Inside the shell there was a tiny chick. tree →
• Inside, Tom felt sad, but he smiled. tree →
• The inside of the cake was still soft. tree →
• Mark the points inside the circle. tree →
• He peeped inside the closet--no one! tree →

note

Inside of is used in American English («inside of the box»); «inside the box» is fine everywhere. Opposite: outside. «X inside each» is a group size for multiplying. Trap: the space inside a shape is area, the edge around it is perimeter.

In the corpora

• When a woman is pregnant, a baby grows inside her womb for about nine months before it is born.
• "We're expecting" means a baby is growing inside Mum and will be born in a few months.
• A scan picture is made by a machine that uses sound waves to see the baby inside the body without hurting.
• A chatbot's friendly greeting is the kind of reply its training makes likely; it does not mean someone is alive inside it.
• When the program is switched off, nothing happens inside it: it does not sleep, rest or dream.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «inside» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.