Besides Meaning
/bɪˈsaɪdz/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
prepIn addition to.
prepOther than; except for; instead of.
Sentence Examples
Your remarks are besides the point.
Besides the rain, we experienced heavy winds.
We have lots of things in common besides music.
CEFR Practice Quiz
____ the broken window, there was also damage to the front door.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
What other hobbies do you enjoy ____ playing the acoustic guitar?.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English bisides (also bisiden), extension of biside, equivalent to beside + -s (adverbial suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"After this, was Edwin the Kings brother accuſed of ſome conſpiracie by him begun againſt the K. whervpõ he was baniſhed the land, and ſent out in an old rotten veſſell without rower or Marriner, onely accompanied with one Eſquire, ſo that beeing launched foorth from the ſhore, through very diſpaire Edwin lept into the Sea, and drowned himſelfe, but the Eſquire that was with him recouered his body, and broughte it to land at Withſand beſides Canterbury."
— 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Englande”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC, page 225:
"Beſides them both, vpon the ſoiled gras / The dead corſe of an armed knight was ſpred, […]"
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 198:
"It is besides used as a food, either as a sallad^([sic]), raw, or boiled as greens."
— 1776, Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides, 1772:
"This was but one of Cluny’s hiding-places; he had caves, besides, and underground chambers in several parts of his country; and following the reports of his scouts, he moved from one to another as the soldiers drew near or moved away."
— 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC:
"In the end, Chelsea's organisation and discipline was rewarded but Di Matteo knows they will have to produce the same - and more besides - in the Nou Camp to confirm a meeting with either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the final in Munich next month."
— 2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
____ the broken window, there was also damage to the front door.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
What other hobbies do you enjoy ____ playing the acoustic guitar?.