Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The side of a bed or the space alongside it.
- adjective At or near the side of a bed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The side of a bed; position by a bed: usually with reference to attendance on one confined to bed: as, she watched by his bedside till dawn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The side of a bed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun To the side of one's bed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
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Examples
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The idea of attacking malpractice costs at the bedside is the most effective solution.
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Nowadays surgeons and doctors have courses in bedside manners so that they can fake it, like I mentioned in the article.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Professional Courtesy 2010
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Thus everyone at the bedside is some kind of generic "patient-care technician" -- regardless of how much or how little training and experience she or he has.
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While I was able to reach her at once, every possible obstacle of a delayed and blocked transportation system interrupted the journey of her husband and children who were hurrying to her bedside from a distant state.
Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes 1910
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His presence at the funeral and her bedside is a way of paying respect to that history.
Jill Brooke: How Do You Mourn An Ex-Spouse? Jill Brooke 2010
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His presence at the funeral and her bedside is a way of paying respect to that history.
Jill Brooke: How Do You Mourn An Ex-Spouse? Jill Brooke 2010
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At the end of her bedside was a volume of Isaac Babel's stories.
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His presence at the funeral and her bedside is a way of paying respect to that history.
Jill Brooke: How Do You Mourn An Ex-Spouse? Jill Brooke 2010
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His presence at the funeral and her bedside is a way of paying respect to that history.
Jill Brooke: How Do You Mourn An Ex-Spouse? Jill Brooke 2010
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His presence at the funeral and her bedside is a way of paying respect to that history.
Jill Brooke: How Do You Mourn An Ex-Spouse? Jill Brooke 2010
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