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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#m1)

2) As an adverb, inside means in or into a building: Let's go inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#m2)

3) The inside of something is its inner part or surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#m3)

4) Inside can mean in your mind or feelings: Inside, she felt nervous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#m4)

5) Inside out means with the inner side turned to the outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x1)
- How many sweets are inside the jar? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x2)
- Find the area inside the square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x3)
- 4 children play inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x4)
- It's raining, so we'll stay inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x5)
- Your jumper is on inside out! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x6)
- Inside the shell there was a tiny chick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x7)
- Inside, Tom felt sad, but he smiled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x8)
- The inside of the cake was still soft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x9)
- Mark the points inside the circle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x10)
- He peeped inside the closet--no one! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/#x11)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/0/)
- ["We're expecting" means a baby is growing inside Mum and will be born in a few months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/7/)
- [A scan picture is made by a machine that uses sound waves to see the baby inside the body without hurting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/10/)
- [A chatbot's friendly greeting is the kind of reply its training makes likely; it does not mean someone is alive inside it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/1-what-is-ai/7/)
- [When the program is switched off, nothing happens inside it: it does not sleep, rest or dream.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inside» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.