beside
Use Beside in a sentence
preposition
1.
by or at the side of; near: Sit down beside me.
2.
compared with: Beside him other writers seem amateurish.
3.
apart from; not connected with: beside the point; beside the question.
4.
besides ( defs 4, 5 ).
adverb
5.
along the side of something: The family rode in the carriage, and the dog ran along beside.
6.
besides ( def 2 ).
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Beside
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
7.
beside oneself, almost out of one's senses from a strong emotion, as from joy, delight, anger, fear, or grief: He was beside himself with rage when the train left without him.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; earlier bi-siden, Old English bī sīdan, be sīdan; see be-, side
before 1000; Middle English; earlier bi-siden, Old English bī sīdan, be sīdan; see be-, side
Usage note
For the prepositional meanings “over and above, in addition to” and “except” besides is preferred, especially in edited writing: Besides these honors he received a sum of money. We heard no other sound besides the breaking surf. However, beside sometimes occurs with these meanings as well.
For the prepositional meanings “over and above, in addition to” and “except” besides is preferred, especially in edited writing: Besides these honors he received a sum of money. We heard no other sound besides the breaking surf. However, beside sometimes occurs with these meanings as well.
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| —prep (often foll by with) | |
| 1. | next to; at, by, or to the side of |
| 2. | as compared with |
| 3. | away from; wide of: beside the point |
| 4. | archaic besides |
| 5. | beside oneself overwhelmed; overwrought: beside oneself with grief |
| —adv | |
| 6. | at, by, to, or along the side of something or someone |
| [Old English be sīdan; see | |
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Word Origin & History
beside
O.E. be sidan "by the side of" (only as two words), from sidan dative of side (q.v.). By 1200, formed as one word and used as both adverb and preposition. The alternative M.E. meaning "outside" led to the sense preserved in beside oneself "out of one's wits" (late 15c.).
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Example sentences
We now know that the risks of splitting atoms pale beside the dreadful toll exacted by fossil fuels.
Maybe the arguments over whether exchange rates should be fixed, free or managed are beside the point.
Nearby, in a storage room beside the vault, an ordinary-looking red fire extinguisher was strapped to the wall.
Critics of global capitalism often claim that, when it comes to helping the poor, growth is beside the point.
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