sidebar

[ sahyd-bahr ]

noun

1. follow-up ( def 3b ).
2. a typographically distinct section of a page, as in a book or magazine, that amplifies or highlights the main text.
3. a conference between the judge and lawyers out of the presence of the jury.
4. a subordinate or incidental issue, remark, activity, etc.

sidebar

/ ˈsaɪdˌbɑː /

noun

1. (in a newspaper, website, etc) a short article placed alongside and providing additional information about a longer one
2. any subsidiary or supplementary thing

Word History and Origins

Origin of sidebar¹

First recorded in 1945–50; side ¹ + bar ¹

Example Sentences

On Twitter, you can mute tweets with certain words or phrases by heading to the Twitter website, and clicking on More from the sidebar on the left.

From Popular-Science

Then, simply drag one or more page thumbnails from one into the thumbnail sidebar next to the other.

From Popular-Science

The landmark series is beautifully annotated and has maps and historical discussion in the sidebar to every page.

From Washington Post

The new desktop option allows publishers to reach potential readers on multiple devices and includes a new sidebar panel to help users discover more national and local news.

From Search Engine Land

Once a reader clicks on the product, its information is featured in a sidebar on the content page so the user doesn’t lose their reading place.

From Digiday

Sidebar: the Electoral College is the balk rule of government.

From The Daily Beast

Its addictive “sidebar of shame” catalogues every celebrity roll of fat, fashion faux pas, and shaky early-morning nightclub exit.

From The Daily Beast

He went on to describe the probe as a “sidebar issue” and hinted it was politically motivated.

From The Daily Beast

The judge and the lawyers broke for a sidebar, outside the purview of the jury, the media, and the public.

From The Daily Beast

If things heat up, we might also get a brief sidebar into immigration.

From The Daily Beast

Late in the afternoon the Captain returned riding in a sidebar buggy with a man.

From Project Gutenberg

The man drove away in the sidebar leaving the Captain and the lumber wagon.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• aftereffect
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