What does Besides mean?

Definitions for Besides
bɪˈsaɪdzbe·sides

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. besides, in any caseadverb

    making an additional point; anyway

    "I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it"; "she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her"

  2. besides, too, also, likewise, as welladverb

    in addition

    "he has a Mercedes, too"

Wiktionary

  1. besidesadverb

    also; in addition

  2. besidesadverb

    moreover; furthermore

  3. besidesadverb

    otherwise; else

  4. besidespreposition

    beside

  5. besidespreposition

    in addition, in addition to

  6. besidespreposition

    other than; except for; instead of

    I don't want to go anywhere besides India.

  7. Etymology: See -s#Etymology 3

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Beside, Besidesadverb

    If Cassio do remain,
    He hath a daily beauty in his life,
    That makes me ugly; and, besides, the Moor
    May unfold me to him; there stand I in peril. Othello.

    Besides, you know not, while you here attend,
    Th’ unworthy fate of your unhappy friend. John Dryden, Æn.

    That man that doth not know those things, which are of necessity for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides. John Tillotson, serm. i.

    Some wondered, that the Turk never attacks this treasury. But, besides, that he has attempted it formerly with no success, it is certain the Venetians keep too watchful an eye. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

    And the men said unto Lot, hast thou here any besides? Genesis, xix. 12.

    Outlaws and robbers, who break with all the world besides, must keep faith among themselves. John Locke.

    All that we feel of it, begins and ends
    In the small circle of our foes or friends;
    To all beside as much an empty shade,
    An Eugene living, as a Cæsar dead. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man.

    And dead, as living, ’tis our author’s pride
    Still to charm those who charm the world beside. Alexander Pope.

  2. Beside, Besidesprep.

    Etymology: from be and side.

    Beside the hearse a fruitful palmtree grows,
    Ennobled since by this great funeral. Fairfax, b. iii. st. 72.

    He caused me to sit down beside him. Francis Bacon, N. Atlantis.

    At his right hand, Victory
    Sat eagle-wing’d: beside him hung his bow. Par. Lost, b. vi.

    Fair Lavinia fled the fire
    Before the gods, and stood beside her fire. John Dryden, Æneid.

    Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows;
    Fair is the daisy that beside her grows. John Gay, Pastorals.

    Now under hanging mountains,
    Beside the falls of fountains,
    Unheard, unknown,
    He makes his moan. Alexander Pope, St. Cæcilia.

    Doubtless, in man there is a nature found,
    Beside the senses, and above them far. John Davies.

    In brutes, besides the exercise of sensitive perception and imagination, there are lodged instincts antecedent to their imaginative faculty. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

    We may be sure there were great numbers of wise and learned men, beside those whose names are in the christian records, who took care to examine our Saviour’s history. Joseph Addison, on the Christian Religion.

    Precepts of morality, besides the natural corruption of our tempers, are abstracted from ideas of sense. Joseph Addison, Essay on the Georgicks.

    The Stoicks did hold a necessary connexion of causes; but they believed, that God doth act præter & contra naturam, besides and against nature. John Bramhall, against Hobbes.

    To say a thing is a chance, as it relates to second causes, signifies no more, than that there are some events beside the knowledge, purpose, expectation, and power of second causes. South.

    Providence often disposes of things by a method beside, and above the discoveries of man’s reason. South.

    It is beside my present business to enlarge upon this speculation. John Locke.

    You are too wilful blame,
    And, since your coming here, have done
    Enough to put him quite besides his patience. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

    Of vagabonds we say,
    That they are ne’er beside their way. Hudibras, cant. i.

    These may serve as landmarks, to shew what lies in the direct way of truth, or is quite besides it. John Locke.

    They be carried besides themselves, to whom the dignity of publick prayer doth not discover somewhat more fitness in men of gravity, than in children. Richard Hooker, b. ii. § 31.

    Only be patient, till we have appeas’d
    The multitude, beside themselves with fear. William Shakespeare, J. Cæs.

    Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself: much learning doth make thee mad. Acts, xxvi. 24.

ChatGPT

  1. besides

    Besides is a preposition or an adverb meaning in addition to, apart from, except for, also, or moreover. It is used to reference something or someone else in the context, introduce a new point or give extra information.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Besidesadverb

    alt. of Beside

  2. Besides

    over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside

Wikidata

  1. Besides

    Besides is the final release from 90's alternative rock band Sugar. As the title suggests, it collected the various B-sides from their previously released singles. The album also contained live and remixed versions of existing tracks from the band's two full albums and one EP, as well as several studio and live versions of tracks that had been unavailable on any of their previous albums. The CD also included a QuickTime video for the single "Gee Angel", although this was not advertised on the CD packaging.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Besides

    be-sīdz′, prep. and adv. in addition, otherwise, aside: over and above, in addition to, away from. [Beside, with the s of the adv. gen.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Besides' in Adverbs Frequency: #311

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Besides in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Besides in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Besides in a Sentence

  1. Marco Trungelliti:

    Its way beyond, from my perspective, theres more than a few of the top 100 players that before were fixing matches or something like that. Its not just something that just happens only in Argentina or Latin America. It happens all over the world and the federation has to take care of it besides the Grand Slams. ... Thats the only way I see it can be fixed.

  2. Howard Stern:

    Writing a book just might be the hardest thing I've ever done, besides trying to get laid in college.

  3. Lin Yutang, O Magazine, October 2002:

    Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone…The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.

  4. Shannon Coulter:

    Besides, I don’t want to explain her father’s public hatred of women.

  5. Mark Geragos:

    Besides it being ghoulish behavior...it's tampering with evidence, obviously.

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Translations for Besides

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  • إلا, علاوة على ذلك, باستثناءArabic
  • освен, в допълнение, освен това, същоBulgarian
  • d'altra banda, a més a més, a mésCatalan, Valencian
  • kroměCzech
  • weiterhin, darüber hinaus, außer, außerdemGerman
  • άλλωστε, συν τοις άλλοις, επιπλέον, εκτός, πλην, επιπροσθέτως, εξάλλουGreek
  • aldone, krome, cetere, plue, aldone al, kromEsperanto
  • salvo, si no, aparte, además, excepto, de lo contrario, aparte deSpanish
  • بجز, جزPersian
  • muu kuin, sitä paitsi, muuten, lisäksi, paitsiFinnish
  • sinon, du reste, d'un autre côté, excepté, sauf, d'autre part, par ailleurs, en plus, au reste, de plus, par surcroît, en outre, de surcroîtFrench
  • njonkenWestern Frisian
  • a thuilleadh air, a bharrachd airScottish Gaelic
  • dayèHaitian Creole
  • ezenkívül, ezenfelülHungarian
  • selainIndonesian
  • oltre a, inoltre, ad eccezione diItalian
  • חוץ מזהHebrew
  • に加えて, それに, その上に, なお, 以外, さらに, ほかに, 除いてJapanese
  • ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ noದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುತ್ತಲುKannada
  • hāungaMāori
  • behalve, naastDutch
  • poza, oprócz, poza tymPolish
  • [[fora]] [[isso]], ademais, exceto, a não ser, além disso, além dePortuguese
  • за исключением, кроме того, исключая, помимо, к тому же, сверх того, более того, кромеRussian
  • okremSlovak
  • rázen, pólegSlovene

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