sidebar
The English word “sidebar” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- A short news story printed alongside a larger one.
- A block of information placed at the side of a printed page.
- A block of information placed at the side of a webpage.
- A short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the hearing of the jury and the spectators at the court.
- The place in the courtroom where such a conference happens.
- An accessory side note or aside made during a conversation, without changing the scope of the audience.
- A short conversation between a smaller portion of a group held outside the hearing of the rest of the group.
verb
- To place (information) into a sidebar, or as if into a sidebar.
Etymology
From side + bar.
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