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# onside

«onside» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a position where you are allowed to play the ball; it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (onside); adverb (onside)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In football, rugby and hockey, onside means in a position where you are allowed to play the ball; it is the opposite of offside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onside/#m1)

2) (informal, UK) To get someone onside is to get them to agree with you and support you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onside/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sport lessons; in everyday and news talk about winning people's support.

### examples

- The striker was onside when she scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onside/#x1)
- The referee checked and said he was onside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onside/#x2)
- Stay onside until the ball is passed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onside/#x3)
- We need to get Mum onside before we ask Dad for a puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onside/#x4)
- The coach got the parents onside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onside/#x5)
- The goal counted because the winger was onside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/onside/#x6)

### note

Opposite: offside. Also written «on side» in the second meaning.

### Trees and pragmatics

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