beside
preposition
- next to
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /bɪˈsaɪd/ / /biˈsaɪd/ / /bəˈsaɪd/
adv
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”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side.
- 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!”
prep
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”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side.
- 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.”