Definition of 'besides'
1. preposition
Besides something or beside something means in addition to it.
I think she has many good qualities besides being very beautiful.
2. adverb
Besides is used to emphasize an additional point that you are making, especially one that
you consider to be important.
The house was out of our price range and too big anyway. Besides, I'd grown fond
of our little rented house.
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besides in American English
preposition
4.
in addition to; as well as
5.
other than; except
who, besides him, is qualified?
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British English: besides
/bɪˈsaɪdz/ ADVERB
You use besides when you want to give another reason for something.
You get to sample lots of baked things and take home masses of cookies besides.
- American English: besides
- Arabic: باِلإضَافَة إِلى
- Brazilian Portuguese: além disso
- Chinese: 此外
- Croatian: osim toga
- Czech: mimoto
- Danish: desuden
- Dutch: bovendien
- European Spanish: además
- Finnish: sitä paitsi
- French: en outre
- German: außerdem
- Greek: επιπλέον
- Italian: inoltre
- Japanese: その上
- Korean: 게다가
- Norwegian: dessuten
- Polish: poza tym
- European Portuguese: além disso
- Romanian: în plus
- Russian: кроме того
- Spanish: además de
- Swedish: dessutom
- Thai: นอกจากนี้
- Turkish: üstelik
- Ukrainian: крім того
- Vietnamese: ngoài ra
British English: besides /bɪˈsaɪdz/ PREPOSITION
Besides means as well as.
Besides being tall, they're strong and clever.
- American English: besides
- Arabic: بِالإضَافَةِ إلى ذَلِك
- Brazilian Portuguese: além de
- Chinese: 除了…
- Croatian: uz to
- Czech: navíc
- Danish: udover
- Dutch: naast
- European Spanish: además de
- Finnish: paitsi
- French: de même
- German: darüber hinaus
- Greek: επίσης
- Italian: oltre a
- Japanese: ･･･に加えて
- Korean: ~외에
- Norwegian: foruten
- Polish: ponadto
- European Portuguese: além de
- Romanian: pe lângă
- Russian: помимо
- Spanish: además
- Swedish: förutom
- Thai: นอกจาก อีกด้วย
- Turkish: yanı sıra
- Ukrainian: крім
- Vietnamese: bên cạnh
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