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'sides

'sides is the pronunciation spelling of besides.

Meaning of besides

Preposition

besides

  1. In addition to.
    • Besides José, I'll invite Jay and Renée, the three of them.
    Synonyms:
    beyond
    Antonyms:
    aside
  2. Other than; except for; instead of.
    • I don't want to go anywhere besides India.
    Synonyms:
    barring
  3. (informal) Beside, next to.
    • And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, beſides a riuer, where they were wont to pray : and we ſate downe, and ſpake vnto the women, which were come together.1561, Geneva Bible, Acts 16:13

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'sides is the pronunciation spelling of besides.

Words near 'sides in the dictionary

  1. 'sheart
  2. 'ship
  3. 'shroom
  4. 'shrooms
  5. 'shun
  6. 'sides
  7. 'simmon
  8. 'simmons
  9. 'skimo
  10. 'skimos
  11. 'snails

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