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noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY1 D B AA2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A short news story printed alongside a larger one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A block of information placed at the side of a printed page.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, publishing, typography

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A block of information placed at the side of a webpage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the hearing of the jury and the spectators at the court.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: law

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The place in the courtroom where such a conference happens.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: law

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6

noun

Meaning 6

An accessory side note or aside made during a conversation, without changing the scope of the audience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A short conversation between a smaller portion of a group held outside the hearing of the rest of the group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

verb

Meaning 8

To place (information) into a sidebar, or as if into a sidebar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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9

noun

Meaning 9

a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: news article, news story, newspaper article

10

noun

Meaning 10

(law) a courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge that is held out of the jury's hearing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: consultation

History

Etymology

From side + bar.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: zijbalk — internet: block of information placed at the side of a webpage
  • German: Seitenleiste — internet: block of information placed at the side of a webpage
  • Japanese: サイドバー (saidobā) — internet: block of information placed at the side of a webpage
  • Korean: 사이드바 (saideuba) — internet: block of information placed at the side of a webpage
  • Portuguese: barra lateral — internet: block of information placed at the side of a webpage
  • Spanish: barra lateral — internet: block of information placed at the side of a webpage