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bedside

[bed-sahyd]

noun

  1. the side of a bed, especially as the place of one attending the sick.



adjective

  1. at or for a bedside.

    a bedside table.

bedside

/ ˈɛˌɪ /

noun

    1. the space by the side of a bed, esp of a sick person

    2. ( as modifier )

      a bedside lamp

      a doctor's bedside manner

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bedside1

1325–75; Middle English; originally bed + 's 1 + side 1
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He was transferred to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital for surgery but he died on 2 July 2024 with his father at his bedside.

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Attempts to tell Heathrow airport's sleeping chief executive that the airport had been closed because of a power outage failed because his bedside phone was on silent, an inquiry has found.

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In a demonstration against the bill outside the National Assembly on Saturday, one 44-year-old woman suffering from Parkinson's disease said it would be like a "loaded pistol left on my bedside table".

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It was his online footprint that ultimately led police to his hospital bedside in Glasgow – ironically as the fugitive was recovering from a genuine near-death experience in the shape of Covid.

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A woman who took just over nine and a half minutes to build a bedside table has said she was "thrilled" to become the first person to be crowned Flatpack World Champion.

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