beside
Next to; at the side of.
Example
“A small table beside the bed”
Other meanings
Not relevant to.
“That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion.”
Besides; in addition to.
“I'll need another dictionary beside this one.”
Related words
- besideness
- therebeside
- besidely
- beside oneself
- besides
- beside the mark
- beside the point
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "beside".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “beside” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.