Definitions for beside
bɪˈsaɪdbe·side

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. besidepreposition

   Next to; at the side of.

   A small table beside the bed

2. besidepreposition

   Not relevant to.

   That is beside the point

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Besidenoun

   at the side of; on one side of

2. Besidenoun

   aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of

3. Besidenoun

   over and above; distinct from; in addition to

4. Besideadverb

   on one side

5. Besideadverb

   more than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Beside

   be-sīd′, prep. and adv. by the side of, near: over and above (in this sense, now usually Besides′), distinct from: apart from, not falling within, as of a question, resolution, &c.—Beside the mark, away from the mark aimed at, irrelevant.—To be beside one's self, to be out of one's senses. [M. E. bi siden—A.S. be si'dan, by the side (dat.).]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'beside' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1759

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'beside' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3541

Anagrams for beside »

1. beedis

How to pronounce beside?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of beside in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of beside in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of beside in a Sentence

1. Sam Nunberg:

   Read MoreNunberg felt that Mitt Romney had avoided looking successful, mitt Romney had posed beside a shopping cart in Mitt Romney jeans. Trump wanted to appear to be the opposite of that. He was proud of his business track record.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.

3. Enid Bagnold:

   It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now I mean to be fond of (as one is fond of oneself) --to hope, to be disappointed, to live inside the other heart. When I look back on the pain of sex, the love like a wild fox so ready to bite, the antagonism that sits like a twin beside love, and contrast it with affection, so deeply unrepeatable, of two people who have lived a life together (and of whom one must die) it's the affection I find richer. It's that I would have again. Not all those doubtful rainbow colors.

4. Anuj Somany:

   Standing or sitting beside the statue of Mahatma Buddha and taking own picture along with it or selfie does not help anyway a person to project oneself a gentleman.

5. Abdul Baha, Paris Talks, p. 154:

   If a person commit a crime against you, have not the right to forgive him; but the law must punish him in order to prevent a repetition of that same crime by others, as the pain of the individual is unimportant beside the general welfare of the people.

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