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wayside Definition

way·side (sīd′)

noun

the edge of a road; area close to the side of a road

adjective

on, near, or along the side of a road
wayside Idioms

go by the wayside

to be put aside, shelved, or discarded
wayside Synonyms

wayside

modif.

roadside, side, on the road, at the curb, by the way, on the way, at the edge.

wayside Usage Examples

Preposition: as

  • result: Many large construction schemes had fallen to the wayside as a result of diverse policy changes made by successive Governments.

Preposition: at

  • time: We fall by the wayside at times because we are not perfect in our present state of human consciousness.

Converse of subject

  • fall: Why have they fallen by the wayside on the modern internet?
  • leave: The longer it takes to spread, the greater the number of children who will get left by the wayside.
  • go: Like we mortal humans, many of these cars have gone by the wayside, whilst others have survived.
  • drop: Social and environmental rights and sustainability considerations must not be dropped by the wayside during efforts to reach economic goals.
  • slip: United have slipped by the wayside, fallen behind, dare we say it, become third rate.
  • cast: Of these three, one can definitely be cast by the wayside and at least one other is of dubious value.

Modifies a noun

  • shrine: He converted the church porch into a wayside shrine where people could write their requests for prayers in a book.
  • inn: Happily we reached a wayside inn, The Mad Axeman, some miles on.
  • chapel: Holy Sepulcher was not built as a parish church, but as a wayside chapel, or oratory.
  • cross: A wayside cross is located at the junction of Potter Lane.
  • cottage: Kings Langley Common, with its wayside cottages, still survives within the settlement.
  • flower: I think of a grief that would not fit in wayside flowers, a box in the Evening Post.

Preposition: in

  • year: As boss politicians fell by the wayside in the post-war years, the old-fashioned Daley machine lived on.

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