Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- prep. At the side of; next to.
- prep. In comparison with: a proposal that seems quite reasonable beside the others.
- prep. On an equal footing with: has earned a place beside the best performers in the business.
- prep. In addition to: "Many creatures beside man live in communities” ( Stuart Chase). See Usage Note at besides.
- prep. Except for. See Usage Note at besides.
- prep. Not relevant to: a remark that was beside the point.
- adv. Archaic In addition.
- adv. Archaic Nearby.
- idiom. beside (oneself) In a state of extreme excitement or agitation: They were beside themselves with glee.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Same as besides, which is now the common form.
- At the side of; near: as, sit down beside me, or beside the stream.
- Over and above; distinct from.
- Out of; away from.
- Apart from; not connected with; not according to.
- Contrary to.
- Out of; in a state deviating from.
- Without.
- Synonyms Beside, Besides. Beside, by the side of; besides, in addition to.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- prep. At the side of; on one side of.
- prep. Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of.
- prep. Over and above; distinct from; in addition to.
Etymologies
- Middle English biside, from Old English be sīdan : be, by; see by1 + sīde, side. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He thinks of being AWOL, and likes the idea of the label beside his name, the sense it gives of who he is.”
“Boucheau, the name beside the bottom button reads.”
“I rolled down the window, looked at his shield and the name beside his photo, and smiled.”
“I think it was a real aesthetic satisfaction; I know they would talk of it afterward for hours, with sighing comparisons of the "form" of the young men of Elgin, which they called beside Hesketh's quite outre.”
“... but a label beside each flavor helps the process greatly especially when the loud speakers are blaring in the background.”
“I backed up and tried pulling in beside the toilet.”
“He didn't want to be close in beside the other men.”
The Huffington Post: Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Alexi Zentner's 'Trapline'
“In the chairs arrayed across the lawn, environmentalists mingled with auto-industry lobbyists, and Californians who had led the fight for stronger fuel-economy standards, like Pavley and Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, wedged in beside Michigan legislators who had fiercely resisted them.”
“But the thought was still splendid and the glow unabated as she crept in beside her husband under the sleeping-robe.”
“Next he dragged a dying woman over on top of me, and, with much squeezing and shoving, crawled in beside me and partly over me.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘beside’.
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all sides
sidecar, sidekick, sided, sidelong, sider, sideline, sidewise, sideways, sidetrack, sideslip, sidestep, sidepiece and 103 more...
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
yours, yourself, yet, your, without, you, within, will, yourselves, would, why, with and 291 more...
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preposition
Collection of prepositions! Inspired by AWAD week of 3 - 9 Nov 2008.
pace, maugre, ere, circa, chez, about, above, across, after, against, among, around and 24 more...
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Belistful
Tubey or not tubey.
belittle, bedazzle, besiege, besmirch, bespeckle, beget, bemoan, befuddle, befriend, become, besot, becloud and 596 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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exception
aside from, barring, beside, except, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, other than, outside of, save
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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OM2 Lesson 16
cookout, backyard, skewer, shish kebab, anyone, grill, hot, sheep, lamb, nobody, mistaken, somebody and 23 more...
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Weekly list(17-22/08/2010)
exhausting, to encounter, encounter, insistance, aware of, aware, insist, ensure, desire, procure, pinnacle, courteous and 14 more...
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now-positions
without prepping
for, to, from, toward, in, through, with, on, against, into, at, by and 48 more...
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molotov
chiaroscuro, sitzbank, cigarette, balcony, sláinte, alfresco, *punch*, grin, babble, molotov, c'mere, kitschy and 57 more...
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train
passenger, ltrz, beside, knees, blur, view, depart, arrive, glimpse, glance, recognize, yawn and 38 more...
Tweets
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Feb 26, 2007