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beside

(bɪsaɪd )

1. preposition

Something that is beside something else is at the side of it or next to it.

On the table beside an empty plate was a pile of books.

I moved from behind my desk to sit beside her.

Synonyms: next to, near, close to, neighbouring More Synonyms of beside

2. See also besides

3.

See beside oneself

4. beside the point

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beside in British English

(bɪˈsaɪd )

preposition

1.

next to; at, by, or to the side of

2.

as compared with

3.

away from; wide of

beside the point

4. archaic

besides

5. See beside oneself

adverb

6.

at, by, to, or along the side of something or someone

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Word origin

Old English be sīdan; see by, side

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beside in American English

(biˈsaɪd ; bɪˈsaɪd )

preposition

1.

by or at the side of; alongside; near

2.

in comparison with

beside yours my share seems small

3.

4.

not pertinent to

that's beside the point

adverb

5. Archaic

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Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Word origin

ME < OE bi sidan (dat. of side): see by & side

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But it pales beside the one his missus continues to live in.He was standing beside a woman pal with a pushchair when he noticed smoke pouring from his trouser pocket.On the way back he was running beside a high wall that hid him from anyone lower down the hillside.He had been assigned to stand guard beside one of the caged men as they drove in a column through a baying mob.Two or three people on the train thought it licensed them to come over and sit beside him and menace him and be dreadful.A friend joined a couple of years back and stands beside me.And why is that dog not running beside her?His vehicle had stopped behind spectators waiting beside the ninth fairway. Today it stands beside the most dangerous shipping lane in the world.With their ankles tethered they could only hobble along together beside the mounted horsemen.

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British English: beside /bɪˈsaɪd/ PREPOSITION

If something is beside another thing, it is next to it.

He sat down beside me.

American English: beside /bɪˈsaɪd/
Arabic: بِجَانِب
Brazilian Portuguese: ao lado de
Chinese: 在旁边
Croatian: pored
Czech: vedle
Danish: ved siden af
Dutch: naast
European Spanish: al lado de
Finnish: vieressä
French: à côté de
German: neben
Greek: δίπλα σε
Italian: vicino a
Japanese: ･･･のそばに
Korean: ...의 옆에
Norwegian: ved siden av
Polish: obok
European Portuguese: ao lado de
Romanian: lângă
Russian: рядом
Latin American Spanish: al lado de
Swedish: bredvid
Thai: ข้างๆ
Turkish: yanında
Ukrainian: поруч із
Vietnamese: bên cạnh

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