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

See Examples For:

bedside bedsides

His 15-year-old cousin, Tadjerdin Mahammat Anour, was at his bedside.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Debra Matlock, who runs the Los Feliz Improvement Assn., said Raman’s office responds quickly to problems in the community but lacks the kind of warm bedside manner that politicians use to endear themselves with constituents.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

"Our dear Uncle Tom, we loved him so much. He is my main memory of the war, and his photo is still by my bedside," said Dulcie, who turns 90 in June.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

I always have on my bedside table a book that I read before going to sleep and, again, if I awaken in the middle of the night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Why would the intruder pass by me and head straight to Haskel’s bedside?

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

If two patients, for example, are delirious upon waking from surgery, they both need someone to sit by their bedsides, even as a third or fourth patient may need assistance walking to the toilet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

Their dad has been going between their bedsides at the hospital.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

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

From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 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