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:

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“There were no other contributing conditions, only exertion-related heat. This is not a coma, and the family is at his bedside praying for a miracle.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Melania Nius was at her husband's hospital bedside on Indonesia's Flores island when a powerful quake shook their town to its core, sending patients fleeing into the chaos outside.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

She said "I love you" to her mum and partner who were both by her bedside and asked if her daughter was ok.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

When he was quite sure that he would not be disturbed, Cluny took a quill and parchment from the bedside table.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

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

From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2023

So nurses can monitor patients remotely and prepare infusions and medications ahead of time instead of constantly checking patients at their bedsides.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2021

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