beside
UK/bɪˈsaɪd//bɪˈsaɪd/
beside preposition: next to; at the side of.
Preposition
beside
- Next to; at the side of.
- A small table beside the bed
- Not relevant to.
- That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside.
- Besides; in addition to.
- I'll need another dictionary beside this one.
- Antonyms:
- aside
Adverb
beside (not comparable)
- Otherwise; else; in addition; besides.
- To all beside, as much an empty shade,
An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead.1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC - April 8 1805, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Orange Blossom"
O how the honey tells the tale of its birthplace to the sense of sight and odour! and to how many minute and uneyeable insects beside!
- To all beside, as much an empty shade,
Examples of beside in a sentence
- My dear friend, I feel better as soon as you come sit beside my sickbed!
- As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it.
- Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
Antonyms of beside
Origin of beside
From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan, bī sīdan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”). Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side.
Words formed from beside
Words that rhyme with beside
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- aside
- beride
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about beside
- What does beside mean?
- Beside means next to; at the side of.
- What part of speech is beside?
- Beside can be a preposition or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce beside?
- Beside is pronounced /bɪˈsaɪd/ (UK).
Words near beside in the dictionary
Source and license
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