bedside

American  

[bed-sahyd] / ˈbɛdˌsaɪd /

noun

• bedsides
  plural

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

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adjective

1. at or for a bedside.

   a bedside table.

bedside British  

/ ˈbɛdˌsaɪd /

noun

1. 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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bedsides
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bedside

1325–75; Middle English; originally bed + 's ¹ + side ¹

Example Sentences

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bedside bedsides

She said: "Parents should not be forced to choose between being at their seriously ill child's bedside and keeping their job."

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

From fast-paced World War II history to a slow-burn rescue in rural Wyoming, along with an art-world mystery and a punchy look at modern America, you’ll find something to galvanize your bedside book stack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

At home, I put it on my bedside table, pausing to start the rice cooker on my way.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

At one hotel, Scheele propped a hand-held fan he’d bought for a festival on a bedside table using his wallet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

I look under the bed, run my eyes over the family pictures atop the bedside table, then search the bureau drawers.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

She’d log on to her computer and call into meetings from emergency rooms and hospital bedsides.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

He performed as a clown in parades and at the bedsides of sick children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

He inspected damage and talked to people at their bedsides with his wife.

From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2023

Since then, she has sat at the bedsides of about 100 dying people.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023

At night they “always had pitchers of ice water and fresh fruit with fruit knives” placed at their bedsides.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield