two-sided

adjective

two-sid·​ed ˈtü-ˈsī-dəd 

: having two sides : bilateral

Examples of two-sided in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This two-sided dynamic is turning hiring into an AI arms race with no clear winners. — IEEE Spectrum, 13 July 2026

OpenTable seeks to strengthen its two-sided marketplace, encouraging platform use and making dining out a more habitual, connected experience by offering meaningful access to desirable venues. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Cloudflare’s new architecture allows content owners to set a minimum price and AI crawlers to set a maximum bid, and lets the magic of a two-sided marketplace take it from there. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 July 2026

All four of these models have a manufacturer’s speed rating of 45 simplex (one-sided) pages per minute (ppm) or 90 two-sided (duplex) images per minute (ipm, where each page side is counted as an image). — David English, PC Magazine, 20 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for two-sided

• abided
• collided
• confided
• decided
• derided
• divided
• elided
• lopsided
• misguided
• nitrided
• presided
• provided