beside

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English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈsaɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɪˈsaɪd/, /biˈsaɪd/, /bəˈsaɪd/
• (Canada, idle-idol split) IPA^(key): /bɪˈsʌɪd/
• Rhymes: -aɪd

Preposition

beside

1. Next to; at the side of.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Not relevant to.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside.
3. Besides; in addition to.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with besides. See Adverbial genitive.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

beside (not comparable)

1. (literary or poetic) Otherwise; else; in addition; besides.
   • April 8 1805, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Orange Blossom"

See also

• para-

References

• “beside”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• beedis