beside

UK /bɪˈsaɪd/ US /bɪˈsaɪd/
prep 3adv 1

Definitions

prep

1

Next to; at the side of.

A small table beside the bed

2

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.

3

Besides; in addition to.

adv

1

Otherwise; else; in addition; besides.

To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead.

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!

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