sidebar

Meanings

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

Origin

• From side + bar.