beside
//bɪˈsaɪd//
Definitions
1.Otherwise; else; in addition; besides.
- Everybody wants to sit beside her.
1.Next to; at the side of.
2.Not relevant to.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside.
- That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion.
3.Besides; in addition to.
- I'll need another dictionary beside this one.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2420
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Word family
Etymology
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”).