beside

CEFRA1

/bɪˈsaɪd/

noun · preposition · adverb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Next to or at the side of something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Besides; in addition to.

Examples

  • Beside you, I'm only a beginner at this game.

  • He sat beside her all night.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /biˈsaɪd/
  • /bɪˈsʌɪd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Not relevant to.

preposition

Extra meaning

  1. Next to; at the side of.

adverb

Extra meaning

  1. Otherwise; else; in addition; besides.

More examples

In context

  • I'm beside myself with joy.

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside.

  • That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion.

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She sat quietly blank her sleeping child in the hospital room.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan, bī sīdan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”). Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side.