Usually means: Adjacent to each other closely.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word side by side:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. side by side: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. side-by-side, side by side: Merriam-Webster
  3. side by side: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. side by side: Collins English Dictionary
  5. side by side: Vocabulary.com
  6. side by side: Wordnik
  7. side by side: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. side-by-side, side by side: Wiktionary
  9. side by side: Dictionary.com
  10. Side-By-Side (graphic), Side By Side (band), Side By Side, Side by Side (Feeder song), Side by Side (TV series), Side by Side (UTV), Side by Side (band), Side by Side (film festival), Side by Side (game series), Side-by-side, Side-by-side (graphic), Side-by-side (vehicle), Side by side: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. side by side: Rhymezone
  12. side by side: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  13. side by side: FreeDictionary.org
  14. side by side: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. side by side: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. side by side: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. side by side: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Side by Side, side-by-side: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (side by side)

▸ adverb:  (literally) Beside or alongside one another; close to one another and abreast.
▸ adverb:  (figuratively) In peace.
▸ adverb:  (figuratively) With a common purpose.
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of side-by-side [(automotive) A type of multipurpose off-highway utility vehicle, with four wheels, resembling a club cart or a golf cart]
▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of side-by-side [Adjacent; juxtaposed.]

Similar:
next, adjacent, related, close, related to, alongside, collaterally, side by each, aboard, tandemwise, more...

Opposite:
back to back

Phrases:
side by side trading, Side by Side by Sondheim, placed side by side, side by side comparison, place side by side, more...

Adjectives:
near, short-range, close-up, around, close together, warm, nearline, nearfield, shortrange, abreast

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Similar:
next, adjacent, related, close, related to, alongside, collaterally, side by each, aboard, tandemwise, more...

Opposite:
back to back

Phrases:
side by side trading, Side by Side by Sondheim, placed side by side, side by side comparison, place side by side, to place side by side, walking side by side, stand side by side, walk side by side, more...

Adjectives:
near, short-range, close-up, around, close together, warm, nearline, nearfield, shortrange, abreast

Colors:
    blue,     green,     yellow,     red,     orange, more...



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