bedside B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈbɛdˌsaɪd/ See IPA manual Freq #13137 Meanings 1 noun The space beside a bed, especially the bed of someone who is ill. The nurse sat at the patient's bedside all night. Thesaurus Word family Forms bedsides Derived forms nonbedside Related forms chairsidelabsidewebside Common collocations bedside manner Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English bedsyde, bedde syde (also as beddes side, beddes syde), equivalent to bed + -side. Compare German Bettseite (“bedside”). bedsyde Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bedside **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbɛdˌsaɪd/ **Frequency rank:** 13137 ## Meanings 1. The space beside a bed, especially the bed of someone who is ill. ## Examples - The nurse sat at the patient's bedside all night. ## Derived Forms - nonbedside ## Related Forms - chairside - labside - webside ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bedsyde ## Etymology From Middle English bedsyde, bedde syde (also as beddes side, beddes syde), equivalent to bed + -side. Compare German Bettseite (“bedside”). ## AI Etymology Bedside comes from Middle English bedsyde, bedde syde (also as beddes side, beddes syde), equivalent to bed + -side. Compare German Bettseite (“bedside”). ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown