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

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Etymology

Origin of bedside

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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In her complaint, Stephanie said that members of the oncology and palliative care teams began arguing by Flora's bedside while she was in distress.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Fifteen years ago, bedside registered nurses had an 11% turnover rate, according to data from NSI Nursing Solutions, a nurse-placement firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

"There is shrapnel near his spine," says Dr Amr Reyadh Assaqaf, standing by his bedside.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

On Saturday he was pictured with UAE Deputy Prime Minister Hamdan bin Mohammed during a visit by the leader to his hospital bedside.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Lucretia was always nearby, reluctant to leave her husband's bedside.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

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

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

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